Protesters have occupied the positioning the place namaz was to be supplied
Gurgaon:
Opposition to namaz at open areas in Haryana’s Gurgaon reared its ugly head once more at this time, after members reportedly affiliated with Hindu teams occupied a website in Sector 12A to cease Muslims from praying.
Visuals from the positioning confirmed folks sitting round – they assembled within the morning and claimed to be making a volleyball court docket. In impact, although, they’re stopping prayers from happening.
Close by, rows of cow dung desserts unfold throughout the bottom final week – after right-wing teams held a “puja” that included spreading the dung over the namaz prayer spot – stay untouched.
Muslim organisations, who’ve confronted protests and shows of intimidation at this and different websites for the previous a number of weeks, have stated they won’t supply prayers at this website at this time.
Right this moment’s protests are the most recent in what has grow to be a weekly stand-off over between the two sides, with residents of some Gurgaon neighbourhoods – boosted reportedly by members of right-wing teams – have hit out on the Muslims praying at what they are saying are public areas.
The positioning in Sector 12A is considered one of 29 (it was once 37) “designated” for the supply of namaz after an settlement between Hindus and Muslims following comparable clashes in 2018.
Final week cow dung was unfold out on the protest website after a puja
A few of these areas are, in actual fact, public property, equivalent to one in Sector 47. Others, nevertheless, are personal property, on which no potential objection may be raised to the supply of namaz.
Final week (earlier than Friday prayers on November 5) Gurgaon authorities withdrew permission to offer namaz at eight of these “designated” sites. The administration stated this was after “objections” and warned that if comparable “objections” have been raised at different websites, “permission won’t be given there”.
“Consent from the administration is critical for namaz in any public and open place,” it stated, including, “If native folks have objections at different locations additionally, permission won’t be given…”
Final month Gurgaon Police needed to be deployed to maintain the peace in Sector 12-A
The administration had stated a committee – to be constituted by Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg – will maintain discussions on figuring out various websites, however it’s unclear if the committee has met since or if there was progress in deciding on such areas.
The week earlier than November 5 police detained 30 protesters from Sector 12A; in movies of the stand-off, they could possibly be seen with placards that learn “Gurgaon administration, get up out of your sleep”.
Final month they have been vociferous protests in a number of different sectors too, together with 12A and 47, at which dozens of individuals had gathered chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and holding placards studying ‘cease namaz in open areas’; police had been pressured to deploy in giant numbers.
Protesters declare “Rohingya refugees” use the prayers as an excuse to commit crimes within the space.
Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar has stated everybody has a proper to hope, however he additionally issued a caveat, saying “these providing prayers mustn’t block highway site visitors”.
Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar – the junior Social Justice minister, and whose constituency is in Haryana, stated folks should be allowed to hope if the websites had been designated for such functions.
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