In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the administration under New Delhi-appointed Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has sealed the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar for the second consecutive week, preventing Kashmiri Muslims from offering the Jummah prayers.

The authorities barred all access routes with barbed wire and locked the mosque’s doors.

All Parties Hurriyat Conference Senior Leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in a post on X, said that for the seventh consecutive year, the Jamia Masjid has been sealed during Juma-tul-Vida, denying Kashmiri Muslims their right to pray.

The Mirwaiz drew a parallel with Israel’s actions at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramazan, saying, just as the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque are forcibly shut during Ramazan, a similar painful reality is being witnessed in Srinagar.

Meanwhile, Anjuman Auqaf of Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, in a statement, strongly condemned the continued closure of the historic Jamia Masjid on the occasion of Jumat-ul-Vida.