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Out of general curiosity, I googled for the “Ismail Faruqui Judgement” that is mentioned in this article. I am copy-pasting the initial portions of the Order, only the first two points of it. You would notice that the order quotes from Jonathan Swift, and Swami Vivekananda. If the honorable judges were fond of citing quotations to push their argument, why didn’t they find a quotation from the Quran, which would be more relevant to the case? Anyway, I am no one to comment on the judges’ judgement, but I thought I would bring this to the attention of fellow readers of this article. The Order is a long one, I did glimpse at the whole, couldn’t understand much, but the word “Quran” wasn’t mentioned anywhere. Have a look:
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Dr. M. Ismail Faruqui Etc, Mohd. … vs Union Of India And Others on 24 October, 1994
Equivalent citations: AIR 1995 SC 605 A
Bench: M V Verma, G Ray, S Bharucha
ORDER
“1. We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” – Jonathan Swift
2. Swami Vivekananda said –
Religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas, nor in intellectual argumentation; it is being and becoming, it is realisation.
This thought comes to mind as we contemplate the roots of this controversy. Genesis of this dispute is traceable to erosion of some fundamental values of the plural commitments of our polity…”
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All religions say that God is everywhere. So in that sense, a place of worship is not “essential” for any religion! But the Quran does say that the Muslims should pray together in a mosque. When prophet Muhammad shifted base from Mecca to Medina, an event which is known as the Hijra, he constructed a mosque in Medina soon after arrival so the Muslims could pray there in congregation.
Out of general curiosity, I googled for the “Ismail Faruqui Judgement” that is mentioned in this article. I am copy-pasting the initial portions of the Order, only the first two points of it. You would notice that the order quotes from Jonathan Swift, and Swami Vivekananda. If the honorable judges were fond of citing quotations to push their argument, why didn’t they find a quotation from the Quran, which would be more relevant to the case? Anyway, I am no one to comment on the judges’ judgement, but I thought I would bring this to the attention of fellow readers of this article. The Order is a long one, I did glimpse at the whole, couldn’t understand much, but the word “Quran” wasn’t mentioned anywhere. Have a look:
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Dr. M. Ismail Faruqui Etc, Mohd. … vs Union Of India And Others on 24 October, 1994
Equivalent citations: AIR 1995 SC 605 A
Bench: M V Verma, G Ray, S Bharucha
ORDER
“1. We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” – Jonathan Swift
2. Swami Vivekananda said –
Religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas, nor in intellectual argumentation; it is being and becoming, it is realisation.
This thought comes to mind as we contemplate the roots of this controversy. Genesis of this dispute is traceable to erosion of some fundamental values of the plural commitments of our polity…”
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All religions say that God is everywhere. So in that sense, a place of worship is not “essential” for any religion! But the Quran does say that the Muslims should pray together in a mosque. When prophet Muhammad shifted base from Mecca to Medina, an event which is known as the Hijra, he constructed a mosque in Medina soon after arrival so the Muslims could pray there in congregation.