{"id":178428,"date":"2025-07-05T19:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=178428"},"modified":"2025-07-05T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:01:01","slug":"muharram-9-processions-banned-in-baramulla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/07\/05\/muharram-9-processions-banned-in-baramulla.html","title":{"rendered":"Muharram 9 processions banned in Baramulla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-178429\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/07\/Capture-3-332x220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"220\" \/>Srinagar: Indian authorities imposed restrictions on traditional Muharram 9 processions in several parts of Baramulla district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the restrictions were imposed by the District Magistrate of Baramulla to, what it said, prevent any potential disturbance during the month.<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions cover villages including Mirgund, Mirchimar, and adjoining areas of Sub Division Pattan. While imposing the restrictions, it was said that the decision \u201cfollows a detailed report by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Baramulla, which flagged serious concerns over the traditional Muharram 9 procession on Saturday, July 5\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The event is traditionally organized by the Mirchimar Mohalla Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The SSP\u2019s report also referred to the Indian Home Ministry\u2019s March 2025 decision declaring Ittihadul Muslimeen an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.The ban was enforced due to the group\u2019s involvement in pro-freedom activities.<\/p>\n<p>The District Magistrate has enforced restrictions from 8:30pm on July 4 to 9:30 pm on July 5. It further reads that during this period, any public gathering of four or more persons is banned in the notified areas.<\/p>\n<p>Processions are strictly prohibited. Furthermore, the use of loudspeakers or any sound amplification devices for announcements or speeches whether stationary or mobile is restricted by the District Magistrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Indian authorities imposed restrictions on traditional Muharram 9 processions in several parts of Baramulla district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the restrictions were imposed by the District Magistrate of Baramulla to, what it said, prevent any potential disturbance during the month. The restrictions cover villages including Mirgund, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":178429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-178428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restrictions","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}