Faiz’s Sorrow, Kierkegaard’s Doubt: Did Kashmir Miss the Point of Eid?

Govt Bars Eid Prayers at Srinagar Eidgah, Shuts Down Jamia Masjid - Clarion India

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, was also reportedly put under house arrest NEW DELHI – The grand mosque in the Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar was closed on the eve of Eid-Al-Azha for the seventh consecutive year following the abrogation of Article 370 when the state was bifurcated and demoted into two Union territories by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)-led Union government. Authorities also barred co…

Faiz’s Sorrow, Kierkegaard’s Doubt: Did Kashmir Miss the Point of Eid?

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Grief overpowers Eid in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch

Qari Farooq at his ancestral graveyard offering prayers at his brother’s grave. Photo: Ahmed Mir/Maktoob Ahmed Mir and Sarthak Parashar On the eve of Eid-ul-Adha, several people, mostly the mohallawallas, have gathered at the deceased Muhammad Akram’s largely plasterless house in Poonch’s Sukha Katha locality. A maulvi recites the prayer for maghfirat or divine forgiveness for the deceased.  There is a power cut. Soon, mobile flashlights fill up…