Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Lone has termed the petition seeking a probe if a Shiva temple was there at Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan as "another shocker".
"And make no mistakes, a statistically significant section of the population is applauding it,” he said in a statement.
He further wrote: “And yes, the more educated, the more temple-searchers they tend to be. Those educated ones who should have been at the forefront of heralding the Indian tech revolution are busy mythologizing"
Reflecting on his recent visit to Dubai, Lone praised the UAE’s spirit of tolerance and evolution.
“I was recently in Dubai and saw the magnificence of the temples built there. What an oasis of tolerance and mutual respect Dubai has become. Every nationality lives there in an orderly manner. I was in Dubai in the late nineties — what an evolution. They truly deserve to be proud of their transformation into excellence,” he said.
“Looking back at my own country (India) … How we have regressed. The electoral victories have come at a cost, which have left this country soulless. This country, once defined by its soulfulness, is tragically now soulless and in search of a soul,” he added.
A Rajasthan court issued notice to Centre and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in a petition claiming that the iconic Ajmer Sharif Dargah is on a Shiva temple.
In a post on X, former J&K chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti referred to the notice claiming that a former chief justice of India had “opened the Pandora’s box” through his ruling, “sparking a contentious debate about minority religious places”.
“Despite a Supreme Court ruling that the status quo should be maintained as it existed in 1947, his judgement has paved the way for surveys of these sites potentially leading to increased tension between Hindus and Muslims,” she said.
Ms Mehbooba also claimed that recent communal violence in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, was “reminiscent of the partition days”.
“First mosques and now Muslim shrines like Ajmer Sharif are being targeted which can result in further bloodshed,” she said. “The question remains – who will take responsibility for perpetuating this communal violence reminiscent of the partition days?”
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Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Lone said that in this age of technology and artificial intelligence “our desire for invention seems to be all invested in our obsession to invent hidden temples”. He also described the civil suit “in pursuit of a temple supposedly hidden somewhere in the Ajmer Dargah Sharif” as “yet another shocker”.
“As we bid good bye to 2024, we are in the age of Artificial Intelligence. The tech age. And as Indians let us be honest. We have not contributed to any technological revolution. Yes we have the resources to make use of them by buying them. But scientific innovation. No. None.
Not even remotely. Our Indian tech revolution is as users not as inventors,” Lone tweeted on X.
He emphasized that Ajmer’s spiritual and inclusive legacy represents spirituality at its finest, serving as a destination where people of all faiths converge, irrespective of religion, caste, or creed, with a unique belief in the spiritual deliverance offered by this great seat of spirituality.
Turning to Kashmir’s ideological struggles, he noted that clear demarcations existed between moderate ideology and extremism, even within the separatist camp. “Thousands of lives were lost in the battle between moderates and extremists. Yet the moderates did not surrender. And moderates, inshallah, will never surrender,” he said.
Lone, however, reiterated his faith in the enduring power of tolerance and mutual respect: “The ideology of moderation, tolerance, and mutual respect will prevail.”
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