Muslim hardliners not amused by Khader’s Guruvayur temple go to 

By Express News Service
KOCHI: Leaders of Sunni organisations, who’re historically loyal to the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), have resented occasion chief KNA Khader’s gestures on the Guruvayur temple throughout a go to in reference to election campaigning. Khader, the sitting MLA from Vengara, is the IUML candidate from the Guruvayur constituency.

In an FB put up, Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS) state secretary Abdul Hameed Faizy Ambalakkadavu objected to Khader’s deeds and phrases on the temple. Faizy discovered Khader’s phrases like “Lord Guruvayurappan will certainly read my mind and has blessed me” and the god “will certainly accept the avilpothi from this Kuchela” un-Islamic. He mentioned there’s a chapter in Islamic scriptures titled ‘Kithaburiddath’ which explains actions that may eject an individual from Islam. He mentioned even a cursory studying of the chapter will make one realise the gravity of Khader’s actions.

“The deeds of leaders of a Muslim organisation will not only affect thems, but will also send a dangerous signal to followers that such things are acceptable,” Faizy mentioned. He mentioned secularism is just not taking a bit from all religions.“It would amount to what Emperor Akbar did by forming a new religion ‘Deen e-Ilahi.’ If secularism means accepting customs and beliefs from other religions, we don’t need such secularism,” he mentioned. “We proudly remember former education minister Abdurabb who refused to light the traditional lamp saying that it is against his beliefs. We also remember late Panakkad Syed Umar Ali Shihab Thangal who took a stern stand against a minister who sported a tilak on his forehead, an alien custom for Muslims,” Faizy mentioned.

The incident involving Umar Ali Thangal that Faizy referred to occurred round twenty years in the past. Late Cherkkalam Abdulla, the then minister for native administration, was chided by Thangal for sporting a ‘tilak’ throughout his go to to a Hindu Mutt in Kasaragod in 2003. Thangal was the state president of the SYS on the time. Khader remained unavailable for feedback. Another Sunni chief, Nazar Faizy Koodathayi additionally termed Khader’s gesture as an undesirable act. 

In his FB put up, Nazar mentioned not even Hindus would anticipate a Muslim to just accept their beliefs. He mentioned the political chapter of sure Muslim leaders will solely create an aversion within the minds of polytheists. He mentioned Panakkad Syed Muhammad Ali Shihab Thangal had rushed to Tali Temple at Angadippuram in Malappuram when he heard concerning the fireplace that broke out on the temple. “But Thangal didn’t offer prayers there. Yet  he was a great religious person and a secularist,” he mentioned.

Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation chief Onampilly Muhammad Faizy too expressed related sentiments. Without naming Khader, he cautioned towards the tendency to indicate ‘over subservience’ within the particular Indian political context and recalled the leaders who valiantly fought for ‘honourable cultural existence.’