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Muslims harden stand on Ayodhya issue
With the Dharam Sansad (religious parliament) of saints getting underway at Allahabad, Muslims on Friday hardened their stand on the Ayodhya issue with Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid cautioning that if Hindus refused to obey court orders that it would be difficult to make Muslims adhere to the same.
With the Dharam Sansad (religious parliament) of saints getting underway at Allahabad, Muslims on Friday hardened their stand on the Ayodhya issue with Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid cautioning that if Hindus refused to obey court orders that it would be difficult to make Muslims adhere to the same.
"It will be difficult for us to convince Muslims to obey court orders. Even I will not be able to convince them," Imam told a congregation after Friday prayers at sprawling Jama Masjid complex in the Walled City.
Charging VHP and other Sangh Parivar outfits with playing dirty and heinous games and flaring up communal frenzy, he said that Muslims have so far kept the Ayodhya issue as confined to a fight with the government and avoided any confrontation with Hindus at large. "But if you keep throwing tantrums at us, we also accept the challenge."
All India Babri Masjid Re-Building Committee (AIBMRC) on Friday staged a demonstration in New Delhi near the Parliament, to demand the reconstruction of the mosque at the original site.
Addressing the demonstrators, speakers including Subhash Chowdhary, who is also Indian Youth Congress General Secretary, asked the government to rebuild the mosque, or refer all the cases related to the Ayodhya issue to the Supreme Court for a time-bound and binding solution.
Meanwhile, President of Aalami Roohani Markaz Maulana M A Rabbani told reporters that his organisation would abide by the court verdict even if it meant construction of temple at the disputed site.
Bureau Report