JAIPUR/AJMER: A lawsuit filed by Hindu Sena in an Ajmer civil court docket, demanding that the historic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah be declared ‘Bhagwan Shri Sankatmochan Mahadev Virajman Temple’ because it was constructed on the positioning of a Shiva temple, has sparked outrage amongst Muslims throughout the nation, with numerous organisations and people terming it a deliberate try to focus on the group and create communal divisions.
The swimsuit, filed by Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta on Tuesday, was slated to come back up for listening to for Wednesday, however was deferred to Oct 10 over jurisdictional points. It was erroneously filed within the court docket of chief judicial Justice of the Peace slightly than the court docket of further chief judicial Justice of the Peace number-3. The petitioner subsequently filed an utility requesting that the swimsuit be transferred to the suitable court docket.
‘It is a conspiracy to focus on our dargahs and mosques’
The court docket is but to find out if the petition could be transferred or whether it is admissible. The petitioner’s advocate, Shashi Ranjan Kumar Singh, claimed the swimsuit was “primarily based on details derived from genuine sources”. The petitioner has demanded that the Sufi shrine be faraway from the premises, Archaeological Survey of India be directed to conduct a survey on the website on the traces of the Gyanvapi survey in Varanasi, and a Shiva temple be reconstructed on the place.
The petition claims Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti got here to Ajmer with Mohammad Ghori, (12-Thirteenth century Afghan ruler) who, after killing Prithviraj Chauhan, destroyed numerous temples, together with the Sankat Mochan Mahadev temple. Citing books and purported “proof”, the Hindu Sena claimed the roof design of the primary entrance gate of the Ajmer shrine resembled a Hindu construction, and historic data instructed existence of a Shiva temple on the website.
Reacting sharply to the event, Syed Sarwar Chishti, secretary of Anjuman Syed Zadgan, the physique of ‘Khadims’ (clergymen) on the shrine, Wednesday mentioned, “This can be a frivolous declare and an assault on the holy shrine of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz. It has deeply harm the feelings of thousands and thousands of devotees, each Hindu and Muslim. Our dedication to peaceable coexistence shouldn’t be mistaken for cowardice.”
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi instructed TOI, “Is it not the identical shrine the place PM Narendra Modi has been sending Chadar throughout Urs yearly? This petition is a blatant violation of the Locations of Worship Act (Particular Provisions), 1991. The folks and organisations behind such frivolous petitions are backed by BJP. It’s an assault on the dignity of followers of Sufism, who come from numerous religions. That is an assault on the nation’s pluralism and the Structure.”
The All India Muslim Private Regulation Board’s spokesperson Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas mentioned “the petition difficult the standing of Ajmer dargah is a component of a bigger conspiracy to focus on our dargahs and mosques”.
