Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is a Kashmiri separatist leader and cleric. Through 2010 the opening said he "united 23 Kashmiri militant organizations into the APHC." Today the opening calls him only a "Kashmiri separatist political leader" and an "Islamic religious cleric," and militant appears nowhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that he organized a coalition explicitly built from 23 militant organizations.
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Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference- a grassroots coalition of pro-independence secessionist groups in Jammu and Kashmir . He attended Burn Hall School in Srinagar .1As a Mirwaiz (preacher) of Kashmir and head of the Hurriyat he has both an important religious and political role in the politics of the Valley.2Placed on the stage at the age of 17, following the assassination of his father, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq ,then the leader of Awami Action Committee, Umar Farooq united 23 Kashmiri militant organizations into the APHC. He has constantly tried to raise much awareness about the Kashmir issue internationally. He was also shown among the Asian heroes by the Times magazine . He maintains that dialogue must take place with India and Pakistan , so long as the Kashmiri aspirations are heard as well.3Mirwaiz is the term for the traditional preacher of Muslims in Kashmir. He inherited the title as the 12th Mirwaiz and was the founder chairman of the Hurriyat in 1993. Before he began an active career in Kashmir politics, he nurtured the ambition to become a software engineer . He holds a master's degree in Islamic studies . Referring to the Kashmiri Pandits, he said “We invite them to join the ongoing freedom struggle as our struggle is not area specific. We are seeking freedom for all parts of Jammu and Kashmir and its people irrespective of their religion, creed and cast.” .Furthermore believe that' Pandits will return to the Valley with a deeper sense of security and dignity... And that, unmistakably, requires a favourable environment' .Inconclusion Kashmir Pundits should retrun to kashmir valley.4
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Mohammad Umar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is a hereditary Kashmiri political leader who is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee and of one of the two key factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference , a "grassroots coalition" of pro-Pakistan and pro-separatist parties in Jammu & Kashmir .On October 2014, Mirwaiz was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in world. by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre , Jordan.The report is issued annually in cooperation with Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in the United States.As the Mirwaiz (Mir-Head; Waiz-Priest) of Kashmir and chairman of the Hurriyat Conference has both an important religious and political role in the Kashmir Valley, and Farooq is seen as the spiritual leader of Kashmir’s Muslims.At the age of 17, following the assassination of his father by unknown gunmen, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq , the leader of Awami Action Committee, Umar Farooq united 23 Kashmiri pro-Pakistan organizations into the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC). He has constantly tried to raise much awareness about the Kashmir issue internationally. He was also shown among the Asian Heroes by the Times magazine . He maintains that dialogue must take place with India and Pakistan , so long as the Kashmiri aspirations are heard as well. He inherited as the 14th Mirwaiz (Kashmiri term for traditional preacher of Muslims in Kashmir) in 1990.Before joining the pro-Pakistan Kashmir politics, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was an alumnus of the prestigious Burn Hall School in Srinagar, he had interests in computers and he wanted to become a software engineer .But fate had something else in store for this man, who became the founder-chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference at the age of 20.
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He is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee, one of the two key factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir .In October 2014, Farooq was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre , Jordan. The report is issued annually in cooperation with Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in the United States. As the Mirwaiz of Kashmir and chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, Umar Farooq has an important religious as well as political role in the Kashmir Valley. He is seen as the spiritual leader of Kashmir's Muslims.
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He is a Kashmiri separatist political leader.He is also an Islamic religious cleric of Kashmir Valley. In October 2014, Farooq was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre , Jordan. As the Mirwaiz of Kashmir and chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference , Umar Farooq has an important religious and political role in the Kashmir Valley. He is seen as the spiritual leader of Kashmir's Muslims. Farooq served as the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference from 1993 to 1998, and after its split has served as the chairman of his own faction since 2004.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
He is a Kashmiri separatist political leader. He is also an Islamic religious cleric of Kashmir Valley. In October 2014, Farooq was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre , Jordan. He came in the list for the 11th time in a row, in the year 2024. As the Mirwaiz of Kashmir and chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference , Umar Farooq has an important religious and political role in the Kashmir Valley. He is seen as the spiritual leader of Kashmir's Muslims. Farooq served as the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference from 1993 to 1998, and after its split has served as the chairman of his own faction since 2004.
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chairman of the awami action committee and the all parties hurriyat conference- a grassroots coalition of pro-i
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the 14th mirwaiz of kashmir
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