Mangaluru: Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim held a press meet at his office regarding various issues here, on December 18.
Ibrahim said that since there was a ban on made made snana, a yede snana was performed at Kukke Subramanya temple where about 900 devotees took part in urulu seve.
Commenting on the proposed speech by Dr Zakir Naik in the city, Ibrahim said, “We have received memorandums from various organizations to stop Dr Zakir Naik from coming to Mangaluru. I will discuss the issue with the concerned authorities and come to a conclusion.”
When asked about the Hindu Samajotsava headed by Dr Praveen Togadia which was proposed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad as a mark of protest against Dr Zakir Naik, Ibrahim said that no communication was received by the authorities in this regard. “When we get any communication regarding this, we will look into the matter,” he added.
Assistant Deputy Commissioner Kumar also explained the procedure for counting of votes of the MLC elections.
Zakir Naik is needed in Pakistan more than in Mangalore. Mr. Naik, please settle the doctrinal disputes among your Muslim brethren before presuming to lecture in Mangalore.
What gets my goat is this gratuitous presumption from some people like Naik that ordinary people are incapable of managing their lives themselves without these holier-than-thou people telling them. They think they are superior because they have read some fairy-tale books. Instead of coming and giving lecture on religion and other non-sense risking communal harmony why can’t they clean the streets for a change? The same goes to all the religious nut jobs who come down once every fortnight. I don’t honestly believe these people have done one day’s back-breaking job in their life but still presume they have the… Read more »
Mr. Henry James, I salute you for expressing your views quite sensibly. Talking, selling and marketing religions have become a multi-million or billion dollar business. This has resulted in babas, godmen in many places in India and abroad. In not-that-distant past, there was Bhagwan Rajneesh, who advocated free sex and had 35 or 36 Rolls-Royce cars at Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, U.S.A. and led an opulent life befitting a king, before the Americans chucked him in a slammer, stripped him off his opulent gowns and forced him to wear prison garb and probably resorted to a third degree interrogation and finally booted… Read more »
Henry James – “Instead of coming and giving lecture on religion and other non-sense risking communal harmony why can’t they clean the streets for a change?”
Sir, you are playing with the same coin. This coin has two faces.
One face is religious extremism by the majority faction, now disguised as “swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. Example, the RSS.
The other face is religious radicalism, used by ultra terrorists. Example, the ISIS or the Taliban!
Both are dangerous and both endanger the nation and the inhabitants.
To spread true message of Islam is duty of every muslim. Zakir Naik puts forth facts and always speaks the truth..
Some Hindus can’t bear to listen to him because a person belonging to another religion knows soo about their religion..
Zakir Naik in mlore will definitely not be like sadhvi balika saraswati in mlore who really made communal statements
when she came here..