ADVERTISEMENTREMOVE AD

Now Offering Namaaz In The Open Is ‘Land Jihad’?

The youth claim that they only requested Muslims to offer namaaz inside the mosque, a viral video shows otherwise.

Published
News Videos
2 min read
Aa
Aa
Small
Aa
Medium
Aa
Large

Video Editor: Vishal Kumar, Sandeep Suman

ADVERTISEMENTREMOVE AD

On20 April, 2018, around 100-200 Muslims had gathered as usual to offer Namaaz in the barren field located in front of the Paras Hospital in Sector 53, Gurugram. But their offering namaz was interrupted shortly after by a group of 7-8 men shouting ‘Jai Shree Ram’ and ‘Vande Mataram’. The protestors claimed to be a part of the ‘Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti’.

The peopleoffering the Namaaz chose to leave the area without any retaliation. A video of this incident went viral on social media.

The cops arrested people for disruption and harassment but were later released on bail.

0

The Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti started to protest the reading of Namaaz in open spaces

The members of the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti are eager to bar Muslims from offering Namaaz in open spaces. This committee consists of Banjrang Dal, Biswa Hindu Parishad, Shiv Sena, Hindu Jagran Manch and 12 other groups.

We will not allow the encroachment of any public field, in the name of religion. When the administration doesn’t want to prevent such wrong doings, then the public need to raise their voice. That’s why the boys tried to stop them. 
Kulbhushan Bhardwaj, Member, Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti

However. there are two sides to this story. While members of the the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti claim that the boys only ‘requested’ them to offer namaaz in the mosque, the viral video shows otherwise.

We have been offering namaz for 15-20 years. We are reading it on the government and not private land. When nobody had an issue for all these years then why do these people (Hindu Sangharsh Samiti) have a problem with it now?
Wajid Khan, Wajid Khan Nehru Yuva Sangathan
ADVERTISEMENTREMOVE AD

Is Land Jihad a Potential Threat?

This is land jihad because two will become four and their number will increase gradually. And then they’ll get bricks and will start construction and nobody will even notice. And within two Fridays there will be a boundary wall thereand that’s how they will occupy the land.
Suresh Fauji, Member of Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti

On the other hand, Wajid Khan has claimed that they do not intend to trouble anybody in the area.

These allegations of constructions are baseless. Why haven’t we constructed a building there in 20 years? We don’t want to trouble anybody there.
Wajid Khan, Wajid Khan Nehru Yuva Sangathan

The Muslims in the area are living in constant paranoia that their families can be harmed at any time.

After all the controversy over offering namaz in the open, the Haryana government has put up a board and the muslims have stopped offering the Friday prayers in the area

Now this raises a big question, Can’t Muslims pray in the field peacefully in the absence of the police?

(The Quint is now on WhatsApp. To receive handpicked stories on topics you care about, subscribe to our WhatsApp services. Just go to TheQuint.com/WhatsApp and hit send)

(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)

Read Latest News and Breaking News at The Quint, browse for more from videos and news-videos

Topics:  Haryana   WhatsApp   Shiv Sena 

Speaking truth to power requires allies like you.
Become a Member
3 months
12 months
12 months
Check Member Benefits
Read More
×
×