Syed Ali Shah Geelani, senior resistance leader and Former...

KASHMIR, BUDGAM, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA - 2018/03/30: Syed Ali Shah Geelani, senior resistance leader and Former chairman of Tahreek-e-Hurriyat ( an amalgam of pro Kashmiri resistance party in Kashmir which is fighting for the freedom of Kashmir) delivers a speech to Kashmiris after he was allowed by the Indian authorities to offer Friday prayers after eight years in Srinagar the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir. Thousands of Kashmiris gathered in a mosque to listen the speech of Geelani who was allowed to offer congegrational Friday prayers by the Indian authorities. Geelani was barred to offer prayers for 8 years by the Indian government to stop him from delivering anti Indian speach in Kashmir. Geelani and newly appointed Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Muhammad ashraf Sehrai was taken in the form of procession by large number of people from Geelan's residence to Jamia Masjid Hyderpora, Srinagar. (Photo by SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)