UP Namaz controversy: 'Ghar mein namaz nahi paddh sakte? PM Modi ko iska jawaab..,' tweets Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi reacted to UP police's FIR against the 26 people who had allegedly gathered at a home to offer namaz.

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New Delhi: AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi has reacted to the FIR lodged by Moradabad police against 26 people from Chhajlet area for assembling at the house of two local villagers for offering namaz. The authorities claimed that the people had gathered to offer namaz in a house without any prior permission. "They had been cautioned in the past not to indulge in such a practice at home, following objections from neighbours belonging to another community," said Superintendent of Police (rural), Moradabad, Sandeep Kumar Meena to IANS.

In response to this news, Asaduddin Owaisi cited Supreme Court's order on namaz and said that the prayer is allowed to be offered anywhere. 

"Supreme Court has said that 'namaz' can be offered anywhere. Why is there an objection to offering 'namaz' at home? This is injustice," he said as quoted by ANI.

On his Twitter account, he also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet and asked him if Muslims are now not allowed to offer namaz in their homes.

भारत में मुसलमान अब घरों में भी नमाज़ नहीं पढ़ सकते? क्या अब नमाज़ पढ़ने के लिए भी हुकूमत/पुलिस से इजाज़त लेनी होगी? @narendramodi को इसका जवाब देना चाहिए, कब तक मुल्क में मुसलमानों के साथ दूसरे दर्जे के शहरी का सुलूक किया जाएगा?
1/2 https://t.co/mwOK6tKZWb — Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) August 28, 2022

According to the police, an FIR has been registered under IPC 505-2 (statement conducing to public mischief in an assembly engaged in the performance of religious worship) against 16 identified and 10 unidentified persons on the complaint of local Chandra Pal Singh. 

Pictures of people purportedly praying inside the house in 'large numbers' at Dulhepur village had gone viral on social media, following which, a few right-wing activists staged a protest and demanded police action.

(With IANS inputs)