Feud breaks out over control of Ajmer Sharif shrine

Ajmer: The younger brother of the chief of Ajmer Sharif Dargah, one of the most sacred Sufi shrines, has “sacked” him and proclaimed himself the “Sajjadanashin”, in a bitter fallout of a dispute over the former’s remarks against triple talaq.
Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, the chief of the Mausoleum of sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and his descendant, hit back at his younger brother Allauddin Alimi, calling him an “Islamic extremist” and rejected his claim to the title of the Deewan of the shrine. Khan asserted he would continue to head the shrine till his death. The CEO of the government-appointed Dargah Committee, M A Khan, said Khan continues to be the Sajjadanashin as per the provisions of the Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act, 1955.
“This is a dispute between two brothers and the Sajjadanashin cannot be sacked or removed by such a move,” the CEO said. Alimi, who declared Khan a “non-Muslim” for his views on triple talaq, was irked over his elder brother’s statement during Urs on Monday that the practice of triple talaq was irrelevant in the present time and against the sentiments expressed in the holy Quran. (PTI)