Srinagar, Mar 13 (Reporter) Kashmir’s Chief Cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday emphasised on making mosques effective centres of social awareness and reform. He urged the scholars and imams of mosques to realise their responsibilities regarding the reformation of society and in their sermons in this blessed month, lay emphasis on personal and societal reform , while recounting the blessings and virtues of the holy month . Inaugurating the newly constructed mosque in Nawa Kadal Srinagar, Mirwaiz said that mosques should be actively utilised as the best centres for value based upbringing of children and youth in the light of Islamic teachings and for efforts towards societal reform. The Chief Cleric emphasised that these mosques have to be kept flourishing with divine worship and remembrance of Allah, at all times. “During the performance of the five daily prayers, Muslims in the area become acquainted with each other's well-being, leading to the formation of a caring and united society,” he said...////...