Mirwaiz recalls 1989 Jamia Masjid ‘operation’, says scars remain 37 years on

Mirwaiz recalls 1989 Jamia Masjid ‘operation’, says scars remain 37 years on

Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday recalled the events surrounding “Operation Jamia Masjid” of August 25, 1989, saying the memories and scars of the incident remain even 37 years later. In a post on X, Mirwaiz said Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid had endured “assaults, sieges, closures and repeated attempts to silence its pulpit”, and alleged that its sanctity was violated during the operation, with worshippers detained and t…