Opinion | Muslim namaaz factor: How some individuals are looking to tarnish India’s symbol in another country

On Friday, I watched a document about India at the Al Jazeera TV community. The headline mentioned, ‘Muslims barred from Friday prayer websites in India’s Gurgaon’. Al Jazeera is a large information community within the Heart East, with its headquarters in Qatar. I used to be shocked how a small localized incident in Gurugram close to Delhi, is being exaggerated by means of a international information community to mention that Indian Muslims have misplaced their proper to supply namaaz prayers.

I despatched India TV journalists to Gurugram to determine the reason and extent of this localized incident. Each and every Friday afternoon, Muslims collect on a central authority plot in Sector 12A to supply namaaz and depart quietly. Native citizens had been opposing this. On Friday, some Hindu outfits arranged Goverdhan Puja at the identical plot of land, and the subject was once blown out of percentage. It was once reported as though Muslims in India are being persecuted and aren’t being allowed to supply prayers in public puts, which isn’t so.

The Al Jazeera document mentioned, Muslims had been averted from providing namaaz in Gurugram and pro-Hindu outfits arranged a non secular match at the land the place Muslims used to supply namaaz. The document went on to mention the native government had previous allowed Muslims to supply namaaz at 37 public puts however averted them from doing so at 8 public puts. The Al Jazeera document had a header titled “Islamophobia”. Obviously, it was once an try to deceive the sector that Muslims in India aren’t being allowed to supply prayers in public.

The unlucky phase is this Al Jazeera document was once taken up by means of AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, who straight away tweeted: “ Protests in opposition to Friday namaz in Gurgaon are a  absolute best case of the way radicalized those “protesters” have grow to be. It’s undeniable hatred against Muslims. How’s practicing my religion or providing Jumah namaz as soon as per week for 15-20 minutes hurting somebody?” Owaisi tagged Al Jazeera in his tweet.

I used to be shocked how a legal professional like Owaisi put his stamp of approval at the Al Jazeera document with out going into main points. Stunned as a result of Owaisi all the time takes up cudgels in opposition to India haters at world boards. Owaisi criticizes India haters with the similar zeal with which he criticizes Narendra Modi. However, what was once the bottom fact in Gurugram?

In Sector 12A, on Friday, two Hindu outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Samyukta Hindu Sangharsh Samiti had submit tents at the plot of land owned by means of HUDA(Haryana City Building Authority). A statue of Goverdhan (Lord Krishna) was once positioned by means of a number of hundred Hindu devouts. Muslims determined to assemble at some other position to supply namaaz with a purpose to care for peace. Some Muslims even joined the Hindus in distributing ‘prasad’ and the ambience was once loose of hysteria.

In Sector 47 too, Muslims may now not be offering namaz as a result of police apprehended breach of peace. Whilst the Al Jazeera community highlighted this, it didn’t point out the truth that on Friday, on just about 20 plots of presidency land, Muslims introduced Friday prayers in Gurugram. Neither Al Jazeera nor Owaisi highlighted this truth. Some Muslims even introduced prayers at an open space in Sector 12 too, however even this truth was once lost sight of.

Our reporter spoke to native Muslims, who mentioned, previous Muslims used to supply Friday prayers in additional than 100 public puts in Gurugram, however in some puts, native citizens complained to police. After talks between police, RWAs, and Muslims, it was once determined to permit Muslims to supply Friday prayers at 37 public puts in Gurugram. Extra proceedings from citizens had been won, and in spite of everything, Muslims had been allowed to supply Friday prayers at 22 public puts.

BJP chief Kapil Mishra, alternatively, mentioned, that no written permission was once given by means of government to Muslims to supply Friday prayers at 37 public puts. He mentioned, written permission was once given, simplest as soon as, throughout Ramzan in 2018, for a unmarried day, however this was once construed by means of native Muslims as status permission for providing Friday prayers on govt land.

The Gurugram management, too, showed that no written permission was once given to Muslims for providing Friday prayers on 22 plots of presidency land. Officers mentioned because it was once an issue of Friday prayers, as soon as per week, it was once determined to not save you Muslims from providing prayers.

Our reporter spoke to Haji Haris, an area Muslim chief, who mentioned that for the reason that selection of Muslims providing Friday prayers has greater it was once tough to deal with them inside of mosques. Additionally, he mentioned, maximum of the ones providing Friday prayers had been migrant labourers and now not native Muslim citizens.

Every other native Muslim chief Haji Shehzad mentioned that a number of mosques had been now closed as a result of other people had been tying buffaloes and storing fodder within the compounds. Our reporter spoke to native RWA place of business bearers, who mentioned, previous the quantity was once few, in dozens, however later it swelled to a number of hundred. This led to visitors obstruction and roads needed to be closed. Since maximum of them had been outsiders, it was once inflicting safety issues for citizens.

I’m citing intimately a localized factor right here as a result of India’s secular symbol is sought to be tarnished by means of vested pursuits in another country. Studies about localized incidents are being unnecessarily exaggerated. At the foundation of a unmarried native incident, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi puzzled why Muslims are being topic to hate. He and a few different leaders are announcing why praying for an hour in a public position on Friday each week is being objected to. Muslims aren’t going to occupy govt land, they argue.

Owaisi is also proper, but if devouts can pray inside of mosques, temples, and church buildings, why this insistence on praying on govt land? It is just then {that a} dispute arises. Fans of any faith will have to now not be allowed to wish in public puts. Does Owaisi know that Muslims aren’t allowed to supply prayers in public in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Tunisia and France? Indonesia has the very best Muslim inhabitants, however Muslims aren’t allowed to squat on roads to supply namaaz.

Legislation must observe similarly to fans of all religions. They will have to now not be allowed to occupy public puts like roads, parks, public grounds, and so forth. for providing prayers in whichever faith they will apply. If some other people achieve this, it’s the accountability of the police to influence them now not to take action. There is not any want for Hindu or Muslim non secular leaders to leap into this debate. Goverdhan Puja must now not were allowed to happen on govt land. If Muslims violate norms, Hindus haven’t any proper to do a equivalent act in go back. The legislation is equivalent for all. Small incidents like those reason useless disagreement and in the end India’s symbol takes a dent.

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