{"id":169214,"date":"2025-02-16T10:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T05:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=169214"},"modified":"2025-02-16T10:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T05:14:23","slug":"hindutva-extremists-raise-saffron-flags-slogans-at-mumbais-dargah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/02\/16\/hindutva-extremists-raise-saffron-flags-slogans-at-mumbais-dargah.html","title":{"rendered":"Hindutva extremists raise saffron flags, slogans at Mumbai\u2019s dargah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169216\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sologan-at-dargah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1079\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/sologan-at-dargah.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/sologan-at-dargah-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/sologan-at-dargah-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/sologan-at-dargah-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1079px) 100vw, 1079px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai: Members of Hindu extremist groups raised saffron flags and chanted Hindutva slogans at Haji Malang Dargah in BJP-ruled Maharashtra state of India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, a video that has gone viral on social media shows a group of individuals waving saffron flags and chanting \u2018Jai Shri Ram\u2019 during the annual Urs festival at the Malang Gad hill in Thane district.<\/p>\n<p>The Dargah Committee has strongly condemned the act, stating, &#8220;This is a dargah, a place of worship for people of all faiths. Such attempts to alter its religious significance are unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hindu groups argue that the site originally belonged to them. A representative from one of the groups supporting the slogans stated, &#8220;This is a temple, and our ancestors worshipped here. We are reclaiming our heritage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the most contentious aspects of the video is the presence of a police officer standing in the background, observing the incident without taking any action. This has raised concerns about law enforcement\u2019s role in maintaining communal harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Social activist Imran Khan condemned the incident, saying, &#8220;This is an attempt to disturb peace. The authorities must take strict action to prevent such provocations in religious places.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Members of Hindu extremist groups raised saffron flags and chanted Hindutva slogans at Haji Malang Dargah in BJP-ruled Maharashtra state of India. According to Kashmir Media Service, a video that has gone viral on social media shows a group of individuals waving saffron flags and chanting \u2018Jai Shri Ram\u2019 during the annual Urs festival &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/sologan-at-dargah.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}