Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq

Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq was the Mirwaiz of his time in Kashmir and chairman of the Awami Action Committee, a coalition of disparate political parties in Jammu and Kashmir that seek resolution of Kashmir dispute in accordance to the wishes of the people of Kashmir.

Farooq was assassinated in 1990 by gunmen. After his assassination his son Mirwaiz Molvi Mohammad Umar Farooq took his place. Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mohammad Ayub Dar was convicted for the murder and Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction in 2010.[1] Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat, who was the chairman of the Hurriyat Conference when it was split into the hardline and moderate factions, categorically stated at a seminar in 2011 that the security forces had played no role in the killings of Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq, Abdul Gani Lone as well as Prof. Abdul Ahad Wani.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Murder Suspect Convicted
  2. ↑ Abdul Ghani Bhat Speech 1
  3. ↑ Abdul Ghani Bhat Speech 2

See also