Gurgaon Gurdwaras & Residents Open Doors For Muslims To Offer Namaz Amid Objection By Locals

Setting an exemplary example,?Sikhs in Gurugram have opened doors of gurudwaras for Muslims to offer namaz amidst objections raised by members of the Hindu community.

The Gurdwara Guru Singh Sabha, which has four large and one gurdwaras under its aegis, said all communities were welcome to offer prayers there.

It said that if Muslims were facing any resistance, they can come and conduct prayers on its premises. The gurdwaras are open for namaz, the gurdwara committee said.

Posting on Twitter, Hemkunt Foundation’s Harteerath Singh wrote that the Sadar Bazaar Gurudwara is now open for Muslims wishing to offer their Namaz there.

The Sona Chowk Gurudwara has also opened its doors.

Objection by members of the Hindu community

After locals raised objections against open namaz, the district administration of Gurugram on November 3 cancelled permission to offer namaz at 8 designated places.

Apart from this, a committee has also been constituted by Deputy Commissioner Gurugram to identify the places to offer namaz.

Amid protests by right-wing groups in Gurgaon against the offering of ‘namaz’ in the open, Haryana’s Home Minister Anil Vij said on November 7 that everyone should hold religious events inside places of worship.?

Such events should be avoided on the roads without the permission of the administration, Vij said in Ambala. “Everyone should hold religious events inside their religious places," he said.

Residents step in too

Some residents of Gurugram have also stepped and offered space for Muslims to offer namaz.

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A 40-year-old shop owner in Gurgaon's Sector 12, Akshay Yadav, had offered his vacant premises for namaz.?

On November 5, BJP leader Kapil Mishra attended Govardhan puja held at a site in Gurgaon’s Sector 12A, where Muslims used to offer ‘namaz’ every week. The puja was organised by Samyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti.

Then Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had earlier created a stir after he had said that prayers should be offered at dedicated places of worship only, and not in open spaces.

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