Summary:
These people from other faiths were invited by Jamaat-e-Islami-e-Hind (JIH) to visit the mosque an hour before the second namaz on Sunday afternoon.The visit was part of JIH’s Masjid Parichay (introduction to a mosque), a drive running across the state. “Offering namaz is like Yoga,” he told Shakir-UL-Akram Salahi, the Imam who replied “yes but praying to God is the purpose. The ban was lifted soon after the Emergency ended.“There is often a misconception about the community and also about the activities which take place inside a mosque. Last year, a Diwali Milan programme was held at the Hanuman Mandir in the neighbourhood. Nagpur: After the Imam at Sangam Nagar Masjid, near Jaffar Nagar, demonstrated on how to perform vazu (ablutions) before prayers at a mosque, a group of 20, majority of whom were non-Muslims, quickly repeated..