Namaz should be read in mosques rather than public spaces: Khattar
May 06, 2018 12:29
Breaking his silence on the rise in incidents of right-wing groups preventing Muslims from offering namaz in open spaces in Gurugram, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said such congregations should be restricted to mosques or Idgahs rather than public areas.
The CM, however, acknowledged that it was the states duty to maintain law and order while saying there had been an increase in instances of namaz being offered in the open.
It is our duty to maintain law and order. There has been an increase in offering namaz in open. Namaz should be read in Mosques or Idgahs rather than public spaces, Khattar was quoted as saying.
Several outfits, under the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, have called for a ban on namaz in open spaces after six people were arrested on April 20 for disrupting Friday prayers at a vacant plot in Sector 53 with chants of Jai Sri Ram and Radhe Radhe.
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