When French politicians protested in opposition to public providing of Namaz in 2017

The metropolis of Gurugram in Haryana is witnessing the resistance of Hindus in opposition to the unlawful encroachment and public providing of Namaz by the Muslim group. On Thursday (December 9), the Muslim Ekta Manch within the metropolis had reiterated their determination to supply namaz on all 37 public grounds. On the opposite hand, the Hindu outfits had additionally reiterated their resolve to strictly oppose the providing of Namaz at these public locations from December 10 onwards.
The Gurugram Police and the district administration have been on excessive alert because of the potential for a regulation and order state of affairs. This is nevertheless not the primary time since non-Muslims stood up in opposition to the general public providing of Namaz. Back in November 2017, about 100 French politicians had hit the streets within the Clichy commune within the northwestern Paris suburb. The goal was to protest the general public providing of Namaz by the Muslim group on Fridays whereby they blocked roads and public areas. The politicians wore tricolour sashes of workplace and sang the nationwide anthem (Marseillaise) in unison.
This was in response to a bunch of 200 Muslims who have been providing the Friday prayers on the streets in Clichy. Given that France adheres to a strict secular system, the usage of the general public property for prayers is unacceptable. The native Muslim group had been praying on the streets for 9 months earlier than the French politicians took to protests as the ultimate resort. In their defence, the Muslims claimed that that they had nowhere to supply prayers and {that a} townhall, which was earlier used for the aim, was taken away from them.

Although authorities had opened a brand new mosque for them, the worshippers claimed that it was 1.5 km away and arduous to succeed in. Through their road prayers, they hoped to pressurise the native council to open a prayer corridor within the coronary heart of the commune of Clichy.
Vehement opposition by French politicians in opposition to public Namaz
The President of the Paris Regional Council, Valérie Pécresse, had led the protests in opposition to the Friday Namaz. He stated, “Public space cannot be taken over in this way. We are in a country where we do not pray in the street, the rules of law are being flouted.” Similarly, commune Mayor Rémi Muzeau opined, “I am responsible for guaranteeing the tranquillity and freedom of everyone in my town…We did what the police should have done a long time ago.”
He had additionally referred to as upon the Interior Ministry to ban Muslims from praying on the streets. In order to pacify the state of affairs and forestall any regulation and order problem, a contingent of riot police was deployed on the web site. The French politicians marched subsequent to the Muslim worshippers in an try and displace them bodily.
Journalist Théo Maneval tweeted, “It’s getting even more surreal, as the elected officials with their sashes try to jostle the people praying. Movement of the crowd, jostling, people falling…The police intervene.” According to French politician Marine Le Pen, Franch ought to launch an offensive in opposition to Islamist provocation. “What is the Minister of the Interior waiting for to restore public order and secularism? Laxity is not an option,” he concluded.
Residents in Gurugram Sector 37 chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ to protest
On December 3, native residents and members of varied Hindu organisations have been compelled to launch a protest after a lot of Muslims turned on the public floor in Sector 37 of Gurugram to supply Friday namaz.
There are dozens of mosques in Gurugram, but the Muslim group has been insistent on utilizing public areas and roads for the Friday prayers, a observe that the being opposed by native non-Muslims.
Videos had surfaced the place the Hindus are seen chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Vande Matram’ slogans as they protest in opposition to the Namazis who reached the general public floor to supply their Friday namaz. The Gurugram police, as an alternative of stopping the Muslims from providing Namaz within the open area was seen bodily eradicating the Hindus from the bottom. The police have been seen pushing and making a human chain as a way to preserve the protestors away from obstructing the Muslims from providing Namaz.
According to reviews, the Gurugram police had detained almost 50 individuals who tried to cease the Muslims from providing Namaz in Sector 37 on December 3. Opposition to the unlawful occupation of public locations by Muslims to supply their spiritual prayers is steadily gaining momentum. For weeks now, conscientious locals have pushed again in opposition to Muslims who’ve resorted to indulging in communal praying in public locations as an alternative of mosques and houses.
Recently, Haryana CM ML Khattar had introduced that the blocking of public areas within the identify of Friday namaz won’t be allowed.