Srinagar, Apr 18 (UNI) For the third consecutive week, authorities put Kashmir’s Chief Cleric and Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest.

Mirwaiz lashed out at the government, alleging that his weekly detention is aimed at silencing him.
“Every Friday I am put under arbitrary house arrest! Putting pressure on me not to speak up, the ban also aims to weaken the centrality of Muslim institutions of the valley, Jama Masjid, office of the Mirwaiz, and cause collective grief to Muslims and all those who oppose this authoritarian and sectarian outlook,” Mirwaiz said in a post on X.
Mirwaiz also shared a picture of police deployed outside his Nagin residence, suggesting restrictions on his movement.
J&K police have not reacted to Mirwaiz's house detention claim.
Mirwaiz, who has frequently been detained or restricted from delivering sermons on Fridays at Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid, said his petition challenging the restrictions is still pending before the High Court.
”My house detention case is still pending in court, where I am seeking relief from the Hon’ble High Court ,but in such times, patience remains our only strength,” he said.

Mirwaiz, who also heads the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), the largest amalgam of religious organisations in J&K, issued a resolution against the Waqf Act, which Imams read during the congregational prayers.
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