Members of the Muslim community offered namaz at Hindu businessman Akshay Yadav’s vacant shop at Sector 12 in Gurugram on Friday. Muslims ...
Members of the Muslim community offered namaz at Hindu businessman Akshay Yadav’s vacant shop at Sector 12 in Gurugram on Friday. Muslims offered Friday prayers at Yadav’s shop for the second week in a row.
The Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, which administers five gurudwaras in the city, had also offered their premises for Muslim prayers. However, namaz was not offered at the gurudwaras after Hindutva groups allegedly put pressure on them not to allow it, The Indian Express reported.
For the past three months, Hindutva groups have been repeatedly blocking Muslims from gathering for Friday prayers at open spaces in the city. Because of this, the district administration withdrew permission for namaz to be held at 8 out of 37 sites that were designated for prayers.
At another designated namaz site in Sector 37 of Gurugram, a playground, a group of around 20 people disrupted prayers, the report quoted police as saying. The protestors wanted to play cricket at the site, and reportedly told the police that they would not allow namaz at the playground from next week.
#Namaz being offered at Akshay Yadav’s open garage in the automobile market in Sector 12, #Gurugram
This is a small start, may it lead to a show of solidarity between people that defeats forces of...
