By Shibu Thomas/TNN, *644-year-old dargah under HC scanner* - Times of India - India; Friday, June 10, 2011
Mumbai: A 644-year-old dargah in Kalyan, over which two Muslim sects are at loggerheads, has come under the scanner of the Bombay high court.
A division bench of Justices B H Marlapalle and U D Salvi on Thursday directed the State Waqf Board to decide within a week whether to allow Urs or religious rituals at the dargah. The dargah had been closed for the last 20 years.
While the Barelvis are ardent devotees of Sufi saints, the Ahle Hadees sect does not believe in visiting mausoleums of Sufi saints or dargahs.
The Kalyan dargah, also called the Peerachi dargah, is the resting place of Sufi saint Hazrat Shaikh Ahmed Shah Fakih who came to India from Arabia around 1,500 years ago. The saint is the father of Hazrat Shah Maqdoom Ali Shah Fakih of the Mahim dargah.
The Kalyan dargah was built during the Adilshah-Bahamani period. There is a mosque called Kot Bahar Masjid next to the dargah.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Under the Scanner
Mumbai: A 644-year-old dargah in Kalyan, over which two Muslim sects are at loggerheads, has come under the scanner of the Bombay high court.
A division bench of Justices B H Marlapalle and U D Salvi on Thursday directed the State Waqf Board to decide within a week whether to allow Urs or religious rituals at the dargah. The dargah had been closed for the last 20 years.
While the Barelvis are ardent devotees of Sufi saints, the Ahle Hadees sect does not believe in visiting mausoleums of Sufi saints or dargahs.
The Kalyan dargah, also called the Peerachi dargah, is the resting place of Sufi saint Hazrat Shaikh Ahmed Shah Fakih who came to India from Arabia around 1,500 years ago. The saint is the father of Hazrat Shah Maqdoom Ali Shah Fakih of the Mahim dargah.
The Kalyan dargah was built during the Adilshah-Bahamani period. There is a mosque called Kot Bahar Masjid next to the dargah.
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By Shibu Thomas/TNN, *644-year-old dargah under HC scanner* - Times of India - India; Friday, June 10, 2011Mumbai: A 644-year-old dargah in Kalyan, over which two Muslim sects are at loggerheads, has come under the scanner of the Bombay high court.
A division bench of Justices B H Marlapalle and U D Salvi on Thursday directed the State Waqf Board to decide within a week whether to allow Urs or religious rituals at the dargah. The dargah had been closed for the last 20 years.
While the Barelvis are ardent devotees of Sufi saints, the Ahle Hadees sect does not believe in visiting mausoleums of Sufi saints or dargahs.
The Kalyan dargah, also called the Peerachi dargah, is the resting place of Sufi saint Hazrat Shaikh Ahmed Shah Fakih who came to India from Arabia around 1,500 years ago. The saint is the father of Hazrat Shah Maqdoom Ali Shah Fakih of the Mahim dargah.
The Kalyan dargah was built during the Adilshah-Bahamani period. There is a mosque called Kot Bahar Masjid next to the dargah.
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