Backlash in Kashmir over proposal for uniform Friday sermons across mosques
Summary
The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board in Indian-administered Kashmir has proposed that all mosques deliver the same Friday sermon across the region. This plan faces strong opposition from local Muslim leaders who say it interferes with religious freedom in Kashmir.Key Facts
- The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board wants uniform Friday sermons in mosques across Kashmir.
- The board is led by Darakshan Andrabi, linked to the Hindu-majority Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Kashmiri Muslim scholars have criticized the proposal, calling it interference in religious matters.
- Andrabi said a committee of senior Muslim scholars will approve the sermons, not government officials.
- The scholars were not told who would be on the approving committee.
- Kashmir’s special autonomous status was removed by the Indian government in 2019.
- Since 2019, Jammu and Kashmir is governed directly by the Indian federal government in New Delhi.
- Changes to religious endowment laws replaced local rules with laws that apply across India.
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