Muslim spiritual heads meet Home Minister

A delegation of heads of Dargahs led by the chief of Ajmer Sharif today appealed to the people in the Kashmir Valley to remain calm, observe peace and help the government in bringing normalcy.
The delegation, which met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here, said they would go to Kashmir to request their brothers and sisters to contribute in creating peace.
Led by Dewan Syed Zainul Abedin Saheb, Spiritual Head of the Shrine and Sajjadanashin of Dargah Khwaja Sahab, Ajmer Sharif, the delegation shared their concern on the situation in Kashmir and expressed confidence that the Home Minister would do everything possible to bring normalcy in Kashmir in order to remove pain and miseries of the people, an official statement said.

The spiritual leaders said they were pained by the situation prevailing in Kashmir, which has been the centre of Sufism for over 700 years, it said.
The delegation conveyed that over the last many years, it saw a decline in social values and ethos, and onslaught of Western culture on one hand and increase of radicalism among Muslims on the other hand, doing incalculable loss to the shared cultural values, peace and happiness for the mankind.
The Ajmer Sharif Shrine Head said the spiritual leaders are concerned and pained on the situation and the sufferings of the people in our country and all over the world.

"Worst, we see Islam, the religion of peace, being linked to many instances of violence and terrorism," he was quoted as saying in the statement.

The delegation said those creating disturbance in the world must know that there is no bigger power than the power of peace.
Violence can only bring more sufferings and solve no problem of humanity. Together we make a beautiful country for all to live in peace and harmony and progress faster, the delegation members said.
The delegation highlighted that India is the land of Sufism and spiritual powers. Khwaja Saheb Dargah in Ajmer Sharif, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah in New Delhi and hundreds of Sufi centres all over the country have been the source of spiritual strength and guidance to the people of India and the world for over 800 years.

The Dargahs have been removing pains and miseries of millions of people seeking divine help every year, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, the heads of Dargahs said in the statement.
The delegation of Sajjadanashin of all biggest dargahs in the country including Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi; Dargah HZT Khaja Banda Nawaz, Gulbarga (Karnataka); Dargah Fathepur Sikri, UP; Dargah Maner Sharif, Bihar; Dargah Yusufain Nappalli, AP; Dargah Ambetha Sharif, Gujarat and Dargah Haradarwaza, Hyderabad.