New Delhi/Bhopal: Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has surprisingly praised former RSS chief K Sudarshan and deeply mourned his death.

In an article published in the September 22 issue of JIH bi-weekly mouthpiece Dawat “Why did they feel sad at his death?” chief editor Rahmani wrote, “It is not known how sad the Sangh Parivar felt at the demise of K S Sudarshan.” But, the “Muslims, who on August 20 would have heard or read the news from Bhopal” must have been sad.

Earlier, in Dawat’s September 1 issue, Rahmani had called Sudarshan one of the “oldest and most important leaders” of the RSS and a well-educated person.

According to a Times of India report, Dawat chief editor Parwaaz Rahmani recounted how Sudarshan wanted to visit Bhopal’s Tajul Masjid on August 20 “to say the Eid prayer or to offer Eid greetings”, but his staff and police prevented him on the pretext of traffic jam.

After the Eid namaz, former MP chief minister Babulal Gaur took him to the house of a Muslim acquaintance where Sudarshan offered Eid greetings, enjoyed sewaiyan and was pleased, Rahmani wrote.

English and Hindi newspapers though dismissed it as a manifestation of memory loss.

After retiring from the RSS, Sudarshan “might have been reviewing his views on Islam and Islamic life that he had developed as a result of his long association with the Sangh”, Rahmani wrote.

He also visited the Jamiat-ul-Ulama headquarters at Masjid Nabi. “These studies, discussions and dialogues are deeply imprinted” on his subconscious, Rahmani wrote.