# Should Pakistan allow a Hindu temple to be built in Islamabad?

*Pakistan's Hindu temple controversy in Islamabad*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/36/
- Date: 2020-07-10 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (2:22:12–2:25:24)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=8532s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/

**Topics:** Pakistan; Christians and other faiths

**Question as asked:** Comment on Pakistan's Hindu temple controversy.

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth thinks building a temple for Pakistani Hindus is a kind gesture and that Muslims have no reason to feel insecure about it.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth reads a request to comment on Pakistan's Hindu temple controversy and asks the guest, who says he has not looked into it but that in general there is nothing wrong with giving people their place of worship, though he does not know of any political strings. Mufti explains that a temple is to be built on allocated land in Islamabad and that protesters said Imran Khan should build it in his own backyard because this is the land of tawhid. Mufti says he personally thinks it is a very kind gesture to build a temple for Pakistani Hindus, asks why a country of some 200 million Muslims should be insecure about Hindus having a temple with their idols when nobody is forced to go, and mentions a clip of a man who flew in just to protest. Mufti then thanks supporters, and the two joke about their matching rooms and English humour.

## Sources and names cited

- Shaykh Omar Baloch
- the Islamabad Hindu temple controversy (2020)
- Imran Khan
- Hinduism
- tawhid

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:22:12–2:25:24)

[2:21:35] somebody said Mufti I didn't catch or your view on RIBA is well I've got a whole video on YouTube my view in essence is the Reaper of the Quran does not refer to interest based loans it's more speaking about lone chakra which is extortionate in the true extreme meaning of what even what loan sharks means today so it's specific to loan sharks and not to this kind of a banking system that's not to say the banking system is a nice thing as in their pleasant people and philanthropies they're not but I'm just saying the rebuffed the Quran in my view doesn't apply to that that's all I feel

[2:22:12] that you share would feel that it does and it's the that's that was the whole kind of dialogue that was going on al-qaeda Zaman has asked Allah al Qaeda Zaman his name is Arthur a sermon he is our chef comment on Pakistan's Hindu temple controversy chef are you familiar with the whole Hindu temple thing though not intended to look at it but in general I don't know in general there's nothing wrong with the you know people giving people their place of worship I don't know if there are political you

[2:22:50] can say ambitions or strings attached to this or you know who is playing if this is you know just purely a religious thing or if it has political aspects I don't know anything about it sure I mean what's what's happening is they're building a temple in Islamabad and they've offered they've said that look you know we've got this land allocated we're gonna build this temple Hindu temple and people have kind of stopped for testing they said oh it from Ron Khan wants to build a Hindu temple should build it in his own backyard where he's guys personal land why this is the land of though he'd we're not

[2:23:27] gonna do blah blah blah in my personal opinion I think it's a I personally think it's a very kind gesture to build a temple for Pakistani Hindus that live in Pakistan at the end of the day Pakistan is a country of I think it's 200 million Muslims why are you insecure about some Hindus having a temple I mean who cares what do you feel if even if they have their Morty's and they have the idol so what yeah I mean it doesn't mean you you know you you nobody's telling you to go you're saying yeah it's not like nobody's forcing you to go to a temple I mean people protesting I I saw a clip of

[2:24:07] some guys saying that you know some people with the and they were saying watch if they build it we're gonna do this and somebody was saying he'd even flown in just to protest and I was like what the hell zebra ji here doing it doing it with the super cherry Sherman de Kathy you see you guys all this love and support you embarrass us we have to like I said we have to kind of I don't know prepare a meal or call you guys down for something why is your room the same color you sat in the same building actually you're right it looks like they're connected this we are connected because the hearts

[2:24:46] are connected yeah you have to understand that obviously what is time and space what what are these things we right so right somebody said easy with the humor the English humor share his American he does not necessarily get all the humor yeah yeah and then I think there is something definitely British humor and then on top of that I've got another crazy sense of humor so I do apologize for my joke shift though so view on Turkey converting the Hagia saw

[2:25:23] the Hagia Sophia back to a mosque I think it's very wrong and I I agree with you share but what it would do that and I know that some people have defended this in terms of Islamic law but I go back to what Olmec did when he went and prayed in in the the church and he was afraid and I'm afraid of the same thing and does not have its Creek a bad environment for Turkey well sorry the connection slightly was intermittent

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment wCe73zqCi_I/s/36. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/36/

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