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Mosque visit causes stir back home
By Mail Today Bureau
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi caused a stir back home as some Muslim leaders and the Congress tried to decipher the signalling behind the move.
Adding to the game of political fallout of the visit was the decision of the UAE government to allot land for the first-ever Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi.
There are two temples and a gurdwara in Dubai but none in Abu Dhabi. The move has brought succour to the 2.6-million-strong Indian population in the UAE that comprises a third of its total population.
The PM lauded the gesture as a “great step” in a tweet. Some of his opponents highlighted that the PM visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque at Abu Dhabi when he had not accorded the community any such gesture in India.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said that Modi could have chosen to visit a mosque in the country before visiting a mosque in the UAE.
“Before visiting a mosque in some other country, it would have been better if Modi had visited a masjid in India,” AIMPLB working general secretary Maulana Mohammad Wali Rehmani said.
Rehmani also accused the NDA Government of compromising the basic tenets of the Constitution and alleged that it was trying to convert India from a secular state to one based on a particular religion.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said: “I am happy that a person who did not wish to wear a skull cap is visiting a mosque.”
The Congress was also angered by the PM for criticising the country in his meeting with the business leaders.
“I have got some problems in legacy. I cannot take only the good points and leave aside the problems. Some things were stalled due to the indecisiveness and lethargy of the governments in past,” Modi had said.
Reacting sharply, Congress dubbed these remarks as “abominable”.
Party spokesperson Sanjay Jha tweeted: “It is abominable that PM Modi continues his pathetic lowbrow jibes at Opposition party when abroad. A huge embarrassment.”
Modi had earlier attacked the previous regimes during his China and Canada trips.
By Mail Today Bureau
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi caused a stir back home as some Muslim leaders and the Congress tried to decipher the signalling behind the move.
Adding to the game of political fallout of the visit was the decision of the UAE government to allot land for the first-ever Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi.
There are two temples and a gurdwara in Dubai but none in Abu Dhabi. The move has brought succour to the 2.6-million-strong Indian population in the UAE that comprises a third of its total population.
The PM lauded the gesture as a “great step” in a tweet. Some of his opponents highlighted that the PM visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque at Abu Dhabi when he had not accorded the community any such gesture in India.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said that Modi could have chosen to visit a mosque in the country before visiting a mosque in the UAE.
“Before visiting a mosque in some other country, it would have been better if Modi had visited a masjid in India,” AIMPLB working general secretary Maulana Mohammad Wali Rehmani said.
Rehmani also accused the NDA Government of compromising the basic tenets of the Constitution and alleged that it was trying to convert India from a secular state to one based on a particular religion.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said: “I am happy that a person who did not wish to wear a skull cap is visiting a mosque.”
The Congress was also angered by the PM for criticising the country in his meeting with the business leaders.
“I have got some problems in legacy. I cannot take only the good points and leave aside the problems. Some things were stalled due to the indecisiveness and lethargy of the governments in past,” Modi had said.
Reacting sharply, Congress dubbed these remarks as “abominable”.
Party spokesperson Sanjay Jha tweeted: “It is abominable that PM Modi continues his pathetic lowbrow jibes at Opposition party when abroad. A huge embarrassment.”
Modi had earlier attacked the previous regimes during his China and Canada trips.