{
  "id": 14629323,
  "title": "Why J&K Waqf Board’s push to uniform Friday sermons triggered a political storm | Explained",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/why-j-k-waqf-boards-push-to-uniform-friday-sermons-triggered-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T05:50:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/why-jk-waqf-boards-push-to-uniform-friday-sermons-triggered-a-political-storm-explained/article71586648.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Andrabi suggested the need for uniform Friday sermons was to “forcefully and unitedly” raise concerns of the society; uniform Friday sermons is seen by many as an attempt to de-politicise religious places in Kashmir, which saw three decades of armed conflict, and limit their role to social issues, which the core committee of the J&K Waqf Board will pre-approve",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Backlash in Kashmir over proposal for uniform Friday sermons across mosques",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/backlash-in-kashmir-over-proposal-for-uniform-friday-sermons-across",
        "published": "2026-10-15T07:21:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}