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Mirwaiz Kashmir Mohammad Umar Farooq (Kashmiri/Urdu, میر واعظ کشمیر مُحمد عُمر فاروق) (born 23 March 1973) is a hereditary Kashmiri separatist leader. He is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee, one of the two key factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a "grassroots coalition" of pro-Pakistan and pro-separatist parties in Jammu and Kashmir. 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〔(Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding )〕 at Georgetown University in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mirwaiz Umar Farooq among 500 most influential Muslims of the world )〕 As the Mirwaiz (Mir-Head; Waiz-Priest) of Kashmir and chairman of the Hurriyat Conference has both an important religious and political role in the Kashmir Valley, and Farooq is seen as the spiritual leader of Kashmir’s Muslims.〔(India’s Jammu and Kashmir: Modi’s northern lights ), economist.com.〕 At the age of 17, following the assassination of his father by unknown gunmen, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq, the leader of Awami Action Committee, Farooq united 23 Kashmiri pro-Pakistan organizations into the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC). He has constantly tried to raise awareness about the Kashmir issue internationally. He was also shown among the Asian Heroes by the Times magazine.〔(Time Magazine ) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=rediff.com: cricket channel - Tendulkar on cover page of Time )〕 He maintains that dialogue must take place with India and Pakistan, so long as the Kashmiri aspirations are heard as well. He became the 14th Mirwaiz (Kashmiri term for traditional preacher of Muslims in Kashmir) in 1990. Before joining Kashmir politics, Farooq was an alumnus of Burn Hall School in Srinagar. He had interests in computers and wanted to become a software engineer. He holds a PhD. in Islamic Studies from Kashmir University. ==See also== *Hurriyat and Problems before Plebiscite *Syed Ali Shah Geelani 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mirwaiz Umar Farooq」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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