Mohammad Farooq Shah commonly known as Mirwaiz Moluvi Mohammad Farooq was the Mirwaiz of his time in Kashmir—north of India— and chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, a coalition of disparate political parties in Jammu and Kashmir that sought resolution of the Kashmir conflict.

His funeral procession , witnessed the bloodshed (known as Hawal massacre) near the Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar, wherein 72 people, including four women, were killed; his body was dropped in the middle of the road.

This roused public sentiment and gave leverage to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's political work in the valley.

[4] Jammu and Kashmir Police on 16 May 2023, claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough into the assassination case of Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq by arresting two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants who were "evading arrest for over three decades".

[5] In the press briefing, the police said the arrested militants also includes the one who had entered into the bedroom of late Mirwaiz and opened fire at him.