Srinagar, Nov. 27 (ANI): Students in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday demanded the revocation of a ban, imposed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on religious processions made during the Islamic month of Muharram.
Protestors from the Shia community gathered on the streets here to carry out a peaceful protest rally against the ban imposed by Omar Abdullah.
Tanveer Hussain Khan, one of the protestors, said the community was being deprived of their religious rights because of the ban.
"Today we have gathered here to appeal to the Chief Minister to revoke the ban that has been imposed on the procession that we have taken from the streets of Lal Chowk during the eighth and tenth days of the holy month of Muharram for the last four or five years," he said. han further said that the aim of the rally was simply to voice their opinion.
"This is not our protest, we are not the stone pelters, we have only one motive and that is that we should be allowed to spread the message throughout the country and Kashmir through our tribute procession on the eighth and tenth days of the month of Muharram," he added.
Mourning of Muharram is an important period of mourning in Shia Islam, taking place in Muharram, which is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is also called the Remembrance of Muharram. (ANI)
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