If Sufi legacy is peaceful, Sharanas believe that mercy is the source of religion: Ramzan Darga
'Alvas Nudisiri' Sufi seminar on spiritual heritage
Moodabidri, Nov 17: Senior writer, thinker, and critic Ramzan Darga said that there would be no other great text in the world if the scriptures of Sufi saints of Karnataka were translated into English.
He was speaking in a seminar held during Alvas Nudisiri at the Ratnakar Vedike in St. Shishunala Sharif Hall in Moodabidri.
If Sufi legacy is on peace, love and human values; sharanas believe that mercy is the source of religion. Sufis revolted against the inequality in society, such as mastery, untouchability, and poverty.
The real meaning of the word Sufi could only be understood after understanding the 1660 years ago's Jain movement. All the rulers in the country run their sovereignty over the principles of peace, love and humanity, the source of the Sufi legacy.
"Prophet Muhammad had said " I am not in India but India is in me. I am in the Arab but the Arab is not in me. The Prophet has been described in the Hadith that the cool winds blow from India. Prophet Muhammad had described 1400 years ago that India is the land of peace," explained Darga.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
