{"id":6156,"date":"2016-10-11T19:41:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2016-10-11T19:41:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:11:47","slug":"10th-ashura-srinagars-sensitive-areas-remain-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=6156","title":{"rendered":"On 10th Ashura, Srinagar\u2019s Sensitive areas to remain under curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><em>\u2018Processions taken in other areas will be allowed\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>Srinagar:<\/strong><\/em> Police <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_764202362\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> said that it will impose restrictions in \u201csensitive\u201d areas of the city in view of the 10th Muharram procession <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_764202363\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>.<br \/>\nA senior official told KNS that 10th Muharram processions on the traditional route will not be allowed as a preventive measure.<br \/>\n\u201cBut procession that are taken in other areas will be allowed,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe official informed further that police will also impose restriction in \u201csensitive areas\u201d to prevent any untoward incident.<br \/>\nDuring the Islamic month of Muharram, Shiites across the world mourn the death of the Prophet Mohammad&#8217;s grandson Imam Hussein in the Iraqi city of Kerbala in the year 680.<br \/>\nThe 8th and 10th Muharram processions remain banned in Srinagar due to \u201cserious security and law and order problems\u201d after the eruption of militancy in 1989. Before ban, 10th Muharram procession was taken out from Abi Guzar to Imam Bara Zadibal.<br \/>\nOnly small mourning rallies and processions are allowed in selected areas with Shiite populations.<br \/>\nHowever, the ban has been protested by the Shias, who accuse the government of religious infringement. <em><strong>(KNS)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Processions taken in other areas will be allowed\u2019 Srinagar: Police on Tuesday said that it will impose restrictions in \u201csensitive\u201d areas of the city in view of the 10th Muharram procession on Wednesday. A senior official told KNS that 10th Muharram processions on the traditional route will not be allowed as a preventive measure. \u201cBut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}