New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday said that children from the Muslim community should not participate in Surya Namaskar programs as worshiping the Sun is not according to Islam. Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, general secretary of the Personal Law Board, also said that the government should respect the secular values of the country by withdrawing the ‘guidelines’ related to it.
Maulana Rahmani said in a statement, “India is a secular, multi-religious and multi-cultural country. Our constitution has been made on the basis of these principles. The Constitution does not permit us to teach in government educational institutions of a particular religion or to organize ceremonies based on the beliefs of a particular group. “It is very unfortunate that the present government is deviating from this principle and trying to impose the thinking and tradition of the majority community on all sections of the country,” he claimed.
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According to Rahmani, “The Ministry of Education, Government of India has decided to run a project of Surya Namaskar in 30 states on the occasion of 75th Independence Day, in which 30,000 schools will be covered in the first phase. The program is proposed from 1st January to 7th February 2022 and a concert on Surya Namaskar is also planned on 26th January.” He said, “Surya Namaskar is a form of worship of the sun, Islam and other minorities of the country neither consider the sun to be a deity nor do its worship right. Therefore, it is the duty of the government to withdraw such instructions and respect the secular values of the country. Yes, if the government wants, then to inculcate the feeling of patriotism, get the children to recite the national anthem.
Maulana Rahmani said that it is absolutely not allowed for Muslim children to participate in programs like Surya Namaskar and it is necessary to avoid it. It is worth noting that the Ministry of Education, through a letter dated December 16, 2021, has said that the ‘National Yogasan Sports Federation’ under the banner of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ has decided that from January 1 to February 7, 2022, 75 crore Surya Namaskar project will be run. It also states that there are also plans for a concert on Surya Namaskar on January 26, 2022. (agency)