Shun beef, adopt cows: RSS pracharak Indresh Kumar to tell Muslims

NEW DELHI: The RSS-mentored Muslim Rashtriya Manch, which is scheduled to meet at Piran Kaliyar near Roorkee on May 5 and May 6, will tell Muslim families to adopt cows and learn about their benefits. It will also ask madrasas to train students on the “ethos of Bharat”.

Construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya, deciding a place where the Babri Masjid could be rebuilt and triple talaq will also be discussed at the two-day event. Over 300 moulvis are expected to participate in the meeting.

Piran Kaliyar is the dargah of 13th century Sufi saint of Chishti Order — Alauddin Ali Ahmed Sabir Kalyari, also known as Sarkar Sabir Pak.

Indresh Kumar, a senior RSS pracharak who mentors MRM, said the objective of the meeting was to drive the Muslim community towards a consensus on most raging issues. “Even the Quran says cow meat is not to be eaten. The purpose of the meeting is to put forward some thinking points in front of the decision-makers of the community and arrive at a consensus,” Kumar said.

“The Arabs shunned beef for many years. Eating beef is something that has come up recently among Muslims. Over 150 Muslim families across India are already running gaushalas. We have identified them and we want them to be the examples for the community,” he said.

Kumar said madrasas, which give taleem (training students on the sayings of the Quran), should also teach about “Bharatiya tehzeeb”.

Madrasas should also teach them to co-opt and live peacefully with Hindus and understand the essence of Indian culture, he added.

On Ram temple and Babri Masjid, Kumar said: “It is certain that the temple will be built where the masjid stood. Many people have proved that Lord Ram was born there. Muslims can decide where Babri Masjid should come up through discussion,” Kumar said. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the matter was sensitive and should be settled out of court.

Indresh Kumar added: “One must not follow Aurangzeb or the traditions laid out by him. There are other role models who thought of Bharat and its culture as more precious than their lives.”