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Place of Birth: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
About Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
- Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is the Mirwaiz of Kashmir and a Kashmiri separatist leader.
- He is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee, one of the two key factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. 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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