Mohammad Farooq Shah

Mohammad Farooq Shah commonly known as Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq was the Mirwaiz of his time in Kashmir and chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, a coalition of disparate political parties in Jammu and Kashmir that sought resolution of the Kashmir conflict.^[1][2]

Moulvi Mohammad Farooq
Mirwaiz of Kashmir
In office 1968 – 21 May 1990
Preceded by	Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah
Succeeded by	Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Title	Mirwaiz-i-Kashmir
Personal life
Died	21 May 1990
Cause of death	Assassination
Resting place	Mazar-e-Shuhada (martyr's graveyard), Eidgah Srinagar
Children	2, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Religious life
Religion	Islam

Shah was assassinated on 21 May 1990 by gunmen at his residence at Nageen, Srinagar. His funeral procession passed by the bloodshed near the Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar, wherein 72 people, including four women, were killed; his body was dropped in the middle of the road. This roused public sentiment and gave leverage to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's political work in the valley.^[3]

In 2010, more than 20 years after the assasination of Shah, a Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mohammad Ayub Dar was convicted. The Supreme Court of India upheld the conviction.^[4]

On 16 May 2023, Jammu and Kashmir Police announced a major breakthrough into the Shah assassination case by arresting two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants (Javaid Bhat and Zahoor Ahmed Bhat) who were "evading arrest for over three decades".^[5] In a press briefing, the police said the arrested militants included the one who had entered into the bedroom of late Mirwaiz and opened fire at him.

See also

• Jamia Masjid, Srinagar
• All Parties Hurriyat Conference