MMU Postpones First District-Level Ulema Meeting at Bandipora Amid Continued House detention of Mirwaiz.
Srinagar, November 3, (PTK): Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir has announced the postponement of its first district-level Ulema meeting, scheduled to be held tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4, at Darul Uloom Raheemiyah, Bandipora, in view of the continued house arrest of its patron, Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, for the past three consecutive days, and the uncertainty surrounding his possibility to attend.
The meeting was organised as a follow-up to the one-day Ulema conference convened by the MMU on September 15, 2026, in Srinagar, which brought together more than 70 prominent religious scholars representing different schools of thought and regions of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh.
At the conference, serious societal and environmental challenges facing the society were identified and the role of ulemas in reform and redressal deliberated. Issues identified included promotion of inter-sect harmony, drug and substance abuse, suicides and self-harm, mental and emotional distress among youth, irresponsible use of social media, weakening family bonds, moral decline and the increasing disconnect of young people from religious and community institutions, as well as environmental degradation and its serious consequences. The meeting further discussed the course of action to follow the held deliberations, and it was decided that to widen the scope and benefit of the outreach, district level meetings will be held throughout Jammu , Kashmir and Ladakh . In this connection the first district level meet was to be held at Bandipora tomorrow .
All arrangements for tomorrow’s meeting at Bandipora had been completed, in which all prominent Ulemas were to participate, but the continued restrictions on Mirwaiz have created an uncertainty over his participation, leaving the organisers with no option but to postpone the meeting.
Terming the continued house arrest deeply unfortunate and condemnable, the MMU said that such restrictions interfere with the religious and social responsibilities of Mirwaiz and also obstruct such important collective efforts by religious scholars towards social reform, unity and community welfare.(PTK)
