DNA Exclusive: Namaz in Mathura’s Nand Baba Temple a coincidence or conspiracy?

New Delhi: Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are identified to have a most inhabitants of Muslims, however you may be shocked to know that India has a most variety of mosques, According to the 2011 census information, there are greater than three lakh mosques in India. Indonesia, nonetheless, with the biggest Muslim inhabitants, has greater than eight lakh mosques, however the counting of the identical remains to be on there since 2013.

Formally, India has the next variety of mosques than any nation on the earth, however some individuals just lately provided Namaz at a temple, creating suspicion within the minds of Hindus. They both tried to present a message of non secular concord or they intentionally tried to harm the feelings of Hindus. 

At Mathura’s Nanda Baba temple on the 29th of final month, two Muslims, Fazal Khan and Chand Mohammad provided Namaz on the temple premises. The clergymen of the temple alleged that they didn’t permit them to take action. Later, an FIR was registered in opposition to 4 individuals together with Alok Ratan and Nilesh Gupta, other than the 2 Muslim males. They all belong to a Delhi-based group Khudai Khidmatgar.

According to the FIR, these individuals not solely provided Namaz on the temple premises with out taking permission but in addition took photos and made them viral. Further, apprehension has additionally been expressed to determine if their act was not carried out to spoil the communal concord. 

Now the query arises that within the nation the place there are greater than three lakh mosques, why did some individuals want to supply Namaz in a temple? In the video, accused Faizal Khan and Chand Mohammed are usually not heard speaking about providing prayers. Faizal Khan, who has been arrested, is seen speaking with clergymen however his later motion has put him beneath the scanner.

There are three lakh mosques in India, 2.5 lakh mosques in Bangladesh, however there isn’t a concrete details about the variety of mosques in Pakistan. Indonesia additionally claims to have 5 to eight lakh mosques. There are about four million mosques everywhere in the world, however you’ll have seen individuals providing prayers on the streets. Such photos come from everywhere in the world, not simply India, particularly on Friday. 

In international locations like France, prayers provided by Muslims on the streets at occasions protested by non-Muslims. Three years in the past, when some Muslims had been providing prayers on the streets of Paris, native individuals opposed them and began singing the nationwide anthem of France. Although this incident occurred three years in the past, the story remains to be unchanged. 

In India, Namaz is seen provided on railway tracks and typically beneath flyovers and in the course of the roads.

The first mosque in India was in-built Thrissur, Kerala within the seventh century. Known as Cheraman Juma Masjid, it is among the oldest mosques on the earth. The first mosque, nonetheless, is recorded to have been in-built Saudi Arabia’s Medina and is understood to be Quba Mosque. 

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Since independence, the Muslim inhabitants in India has elevated quickly and the variety of mosques to have additionally elevated. The variety of Muslims in India has elevated at a median of 10 % yearly from 1951 to 2011, whereas the expansion of the Hindu inhabitants has been lower than 2 % within the final decade. The inhabitants of Hindus is round 96 crore and the variety of temples is 2 million.

The Nandababa temple in Mathura is believed to be the place the place Lord Krishna spent his childhood in Dwapar Yuga, due to this fact, individuals right here have preserved these sentiments for 1000’s of years. The Nandababa temple is at the moment located on the very best hill of Nandgaon.

On opposite to this incident, some individuals chanted Hanuman Chalisa at an Idgah in Mathura and the police later arrested 4 individuals. Similar information on Friday got here from Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh the place some individuals recited Hanuman Chalisa in a mosque. The Maulvi, who allowed these individuals to learn Hanuman Chalisa within the mosque, has been requested to submit a bond of Rs 5 lakh.

Those who discover goodwill message within the providing of Namaz within the temple ought to know that the Supreme Court whereas listening to the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi dispute, held that providing Namaz within the mosque is just not an integral a part of Islam. The Muslim aspect, nonetheless, had submitted that when a spot turns into a mosque all the time stays a mosque. On the premise of this logic, they refused to construct the Babri Masjid elsewhere.

People in Mathura now suspect that the providing Namaz within the Nanda Baba temple may additionally be associated to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi dispute. The district courtroom of Mathura has already accepted the plea on this case, and the listening to can be held on the 18th of November.