No Namaz in Gurugram Gurudwara, Hindu group distributed books on site Gurgaon News – Times of India

Gurugram: Namaz was not offered here Gurdwara Singh Sabha In Gurugram Even on Friday, when some members of the Sikh community opposed it pilgrimage management committeeDecision to allow Muslims to offer Namaz there. He said that if the Gurdwara Management Committee takes forward the decision to offer Namaz in the temple premises, then they will oppose it.
Gurugram Gurdwara Association offers place for Namaz
member of a radical Hindu group, Samyukta Hindu Sangharsh SamitiReached the gurdwara around 12 noon, distributed books titled “Guru Tegh Bahadur-Hind Ki Chadar” and stayed there till 2 pm.
representatives of Muslim community To “avoid any untoward incident on the festival” decided not to offer Namaz in the Gurdwara.
Spokesperson Daya Singh said, “We had offered an open space in the basement of the adjoining school and gurdwara for Friday prayers, but the Muslim brothers decided not to offer prayers. They don’t mind the occasion of Gurupurab. wanted.” Management Committee said.
A delegation including Jamiat Ulema Hind, Gurugram President Mufti Mohammad Salim and Gurugram Muslim Council co-founder Altaf Ahmed met members of the committee on Friday afternoon to thank them for their efforts in promoting peace and harmony.
Ahmed said that he did not want any inconvenience to the members of the Sikh community but he offered prayers “from the heart” of the Sikh brothers.
Ahmed is also part of Gurgaon Nagrik Ekta Manch, a civic initiative, which on Monday honored Gurdwara Management Committee chairman Sherdil Singh Sidhu and Akshay Yadav, who have offered their automobile workshop for Namaz in Sector 12.
It was the second consecutive Friday when 40-year-old Yadav offered his business place for prayers.
The Gurugram administration had earlier revoked the permission to offer Friday prayers in eight of the 37 public grounds in the city citing objections from local residents.
Kulbhushan Bharadwaj, legal advisor of the Samyukta Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, said he distributed 2,500 books titled “Guru Tegh Bahadur-Hind Ki Chadar” and paid tribute to Guru Nanak Dev.
“We did not go there to protest against the decision of the Gurdwara Management Committee to offer our premises for namaz. We are not against offering namaz inside anyone’s house, irrespective of community. We do this in public places. But against the practice of offering Namaz. he said.
“If someone is giving open space to Muslims in their garage, house or place of worship for Namaz, it is their own choice. We have no objection to it,” he said.
However, not everyone in the Sikh community seemed alike about the decision to offer the gurdwara for namaz.
Jawahar Singh, a local resident, said, “They cannot offer namaz in the gurdwara. Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji does not allow it. The Prabandhak (Management) committee allowed them to offer namaz, but we are not in favor of it.”
Gurcharan said, “People of all religions are welcome but only Gurbani can take place in the Gurdwara and nothing else. The property of the Gurdwara cannot be used for any purpose which is the ‘Maryada’ (custom) of Sri Guru Granth Sahibji. ) is against.” Lion.
Jawahar Singh claimed that the management committee has told the Sikh Sangat that they will review the decision after the festival ends on November 21.
Committee spokesperson Daya Singh said they do not allow any rituals (other than those permitted under Sikhism) in the sanctum sanctorum of the gurdwara, but at other vacant places like the basement and parking area being used for prayers. There should be no objection.
Friday prayers continued without any disruption at Leisure Valley Ground in Sector 29, about four kilometers away.
Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain said that around 4,000 people offered prayers at three places in the big ground on Friday.
Laying the carpet after offering prayers, he said, “The locals started offering namaz here in 2013. They come here because there is no mosque nearby.”
He said, “Many properties of the Waqf Board have been encroached upon. We are forced to offer namaz in the open. People defecate in this ground. No one would like to pray sitting near a toilet. It is ours. ‘it is a compulsion.”
Mufti Murshad Rehman said, “The whole issue is about offering prayers in public places in residential areas. It is a huge ground away from residential societies. No one is inconvenienced by prayer here. There is no “controversy” here. One Police gypsies surrounded the area.

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