Right after Mirwaiz Umar Farooq offered prayers in Jamia Masjid the grand mosque of Srinagar, youth inspired by ideology of Islamic State entered the mosque and raised pro ISIS slogans while carrying IS flags. Mirwaiz, who is also chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference and core member of Joint Resistance Leadership, has always been considered as a moderate voice of pro freedom camp in Kashmir. However, over the years, the downtown area, where Mirwaiz has following, has seen emergence of pro IS and pro Zakir Musa youth grabbing the political narrative. Musa is the head of Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind, an Al Qaeda inspired outfit, which faced a serious blow on 22 December when its six members were killed in a gunfight.