Mathura incident: an act to incite communal violence, or to promote communal harmony?

Faisal Khan, the founder of Delhi-based social organisation Khudai Khidmatgar was arrested after he was booked along with three others for allegedly offering namaz at Nand Baba temple in Barasana in Mathura district.

After being arrested in Delhi, Faisal Khan was handed over to Uttar Pradesh police, said the sources.

On Sunday, the UP police had filed an FIR against four persons – Faisal Khan, Chand Mohammad, Alok Ratan, and Nilesh Gupta -- at Barsana police station in Mathura after photographs of two of them offering namaz in the courtyard of the temple on October 29 went viral on social media.

Was it an act to incite communal violence, or to promote communal harmony and create a situation like FRANCE?

The act of offering Namaz in a in temple in Mathura temple ( the birthplace of Lord Krishna) by two Muslims with the help of two Hindus, cannot be treated as a normal case.

The government should wake up and ask security agencies to expose the gang behind it.

It is time for Intelligence agencies to see, whether the move was to spread 'peace and harmony' or to incite religious sentiments to create communal riots or riot-like situation.

At first look, it appears an attempt to promote communal harmony and to bring two communities together, but was it really so or was it a move to incite communal violence in the peaceful city of Mathura? There are many questions which remains unanswered if it was really to promote communal harmony.

1)     Why the Muslim youths choose a Hindu temple to offer Namaz, was it to incite locals to instigate communal violence. And when they saw they could not incite violence, they posted it on youtube social media platform to instigate others or to tell their masters abroad that the job has been done.

2)     Can Hindus go to a mosque and perform their Havan in theirs. Will, it did not cause violence.  We should be thankful to Hindus in Mathura that they did not indulge in any violent act.

3)     Secularism means to respect all believe and follow your belief without hurting other communities sentiments.

4)     Do we see it a normal case or a move to create a situation like France in India?

5)     Those arrested two Hindus and two Muslims, involved in the act should be arrested for anti-national acts. Creating a situation/ ground for communal violence is a much more heinous act than a normal murder case.

6)     It is time India should take it seriously and must not allow it to be replicated in any part of the country and in any part of the religious place. Mandir, Masjids and Gurudwaras should be kept away from dirty politics. 

THE ACTUAL INCIDENT

UP Police booked four youths belonging to Khudai Khidmatgar, a Delhi-based organisation which claims to promote communal harmony on Nov 1 after two of them allegedly offered namaz at Nand Mahal temple in UP’s Mathura district last month. One of them, Faisal Khan, was arrested from Delhi on Nov 2,2020.

The others have been identified as Chand Mohammed, Alok Ratan and Nilesh Gupta. They have been booked for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, defiling a place of worship and public mischief.

On a complaint by the temple caretaker, an FIR was lodged at Barsana police station in Mathura Sunday night. “We have been informed that on October 29, four persons came from Delhi. Two of them were Muslims. The Muslim youths offered afternoon namaz inside the temple. On Sunday, some shared photos on Facebook calling it an act of harmony. The temple staff lodged a complaint and an FIR has been registered,” said SSP Gaurav Grover.

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