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Mirwaiz
Mohammad Umar Farooq
میر واعظ عمر فاروق
14th Mirwaiz of Kashmir
Incumbent
Assumed office 1990
Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office 1993
Personal details
Born
(1973-03-23) 23 March 1973 (age 51) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Political party
All Parties Hurriyat Conference Awami Action Committee
Spouse
Sheeba Masoodi
(m. 2002)
Children
3
Parent
Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq (father)
Education
Burn Hall School
Alma mater
University of Kashmir Jamia Millia Islamia
Occupation
Kashmiri separatist leader and religious cleric
Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is the 14th Mirwaiz of Kashmir. 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.[1][2]
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.[3] 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.
^Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
^"Mirwaiz Umar Farooq among 500 most influential Muslims of the world". onlykashmir.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^India’s Jammu and Kashmir: Modi’s northern lights, economist.com.
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