Is Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Delhi Visit a Turning Point for Kashmir’s Separatist Politics?
Every Friday since 2019, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s top cleric and separatist, has been unsure if he will be allowed to visit Jamia Masjid—Kashmir’s grandest and most influential mosque—where he delivers sermons. Since the BJP-led Union government erased Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, he has had to seek court intervention twice just to travel barely 5
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