By Muslim Mirror Network
Several Arab social media users have expressed disappointment and anger over the newly inaugurated temple in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Notable Journalist, A Mansour, took to Twitter and said “the temple was being inaugurated while Hindus in India ran campaigns of persecution against Muslims, their mosques and their shops”.
وزير التسامح الاماراتي يشارك فى حفل افتتاح أكبر معبد هندوسي فى دبي وحفاوة استقبال البقرة المقدسة يقع المعبد على مساحة 2300 متر مربع وتكلف بناؤه 60 مليون درهم ويضم تماثيل 16 إلهًا للهندوس وافتتح فى وقت متزامن مع قيام الهندوس فى الهند بحملات اضطهاد ضد المسلمين ومساجدهم ومتاجرهم pic.twitter.com/c2lUXddLey
— A Mansour أحمد منصور (@amansouraja) October 6, 2022
Columnist and author, Abdulla Alamadi said, “they demolish our masjids there, but we build their temples here ! They break hearts of 200 million Muslims there, But we work to win the satisfaction of one million Hindu hearts here! Is this the concept of tolerance in the Emirates?”.
Dr. Mohammad al Sagheer, Secretary-General of the International Commission to the support of the Prophet of Islam and a member of Broad of Trustees of the Union of Muslim Scholars, said “at a time when Muslims are suffering in India, there mosques are being demolished, the UAE opened the largest Hindu temple in the Arab world, which cost 16 million dollars to build, on an area of 2,300 square meters, and accommodates about a thousand people”.
“The event of provoking the feelings of Muslims,” Dr. Sagheer said.
Journalist Turki Shalhoub, in a tweet said “Hindu extremists in India are busy exterminating Muslims in India while UAE opened the first Hindu temple in Dubai at a cost of 16 million dollars, instead of aiding Muslims of India”.
A day before Dussehra, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE’s minister of tolerance for tolerance, opened a hindu temple at the Jebel Ali’s Worship Village.
Indian Ambassador Sudhir, Omar Al Muthanna, CEO of the Community Development Authority’s social regulatory and licencing division, and Raju Shroff, trustee of the Hindu Temple Dubai, were present with Sheikh Nahyan.
Amb @sunjaysudhir – It is welcome news for the Indian community that The Hindu Temple is being inaugurated today in Dubai. It will serve religious aspirations of the large Hindu community living in 🇦🇪"
The new temple is located adjoining the Gurudwara which was opened in 2012. pic.twitter.com/DWcoRIwwGI— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) October 4, 2022
The inauguration also drew a positive response from the right wing Hindu outfit, RSS, which called it “decades-long Indian dream of having a place of worship in Dubai”.
Heart warming visuals of Aarti inside the first grand #Hindu temple in Dubai.
The temple's foundation was laid in February 2020 and the inauguration fulfils a decades-long Indian dream of having a place of worship in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/kmlBeZMeeR
— Organiser Weekly (@eOrganiser) October 7, 2022
They only love money.. that’s it
You disgusting Arabs come back to your senses you let indus built temple there shame on you Arabs wait and see. what Allah will do to you and your pride.
Shame on you disgusting Arabs you love money
You sand Nighar’s Arab shame on you for opening a mandir