A prominent religious leader with a separatist ideology was killed in a targeted explosion outside a mosque in Srinagar on Friday. The violent incident invited sharp condemnation from various separatist leaders and political parties in Jammu & Kashmir. Molvi Showkat Ahmad Shah, 57, was heading Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith, a prominent religious group propounding the Wahabi school of thought, and was an ally of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front headed by Yasin Malik.