Muslim organisations in Jaipur have appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene and stop makes an attempt to “tamper” with the Ajmer Sharif Dargah and different spiritual locations, urging the courtroom to keep up the established order of mosques and bar any surveys of those spiritual websites.
The enchantment, made on Monday, is available in response to authorized petitions which have been filed, claiming that temples as soon as existed on the areas of sure mosques. These organisations expressed concern that such efforts have been an try to change the spiritual and historic significance of those websites, significantly the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a revered shrine of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Mohammad Nazimuddin, the convenor of the joint committee Tahaffuz-e-Auqaf, which represents varied Muslim teams, stated in a press release, “An attempt is being made to end the status quo of mosques in the name of surveys by filing false court cases claiming temples existed at mosque sites.” He additional referred to as for the Supreme Court to step in and stop the tampering with sacred websites, particularly the Ajmer Dargah.
Syed Saadat Ali, an advocate and state president of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, expressed alarm over a decrease courtroom’s determination to entertain a petition claiming {that a} Shiva temple had as soon as existed on the website of the Ajmer Dargah. He argued that such a transfer will not be solely troubling but additionally goes in opposition to the rules enshrined within the Constitution. “It is against the Constitution to entertain such petitions that seek to change the status quo of religious places,” he said.
Jameel Khan, the AIMIM’s Rajasthan unit chief, added that the Ajmer Dargah is an emblem of non secular unity in India and emphasised the significance of upholding the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which prohibits the conversion of the spiritual character of anyplace of worship. Khan urged the Supreme Court to dismiss these petitions, which he believes are being filed to create pointless pressure and disrupt the communal concord within the nation.
The Muslim organisations’ enchantment comes at a time when tensions surrounding spiritual websites are escalating, with issues concerning the impression of such petitions on India’s pluralistic material. The teams are asking the Supreme Court to make sure that the Places of Worship Act is absolutely revered and that decrease courts chorus from listening to petitions that search surveys or makes an attempt to change the spiritual standing of those necessary websites.
(PTI inputs)
