Pakistan Supreme Court Takes Cognizance Of Attack On A Hindu Temple In Rahim Yar Khan City
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan Supreme Court Takes Cognizance Of Attack On A Hindu Temple In Rahim Yar Khan City

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken a suo motu cognizance of the attack on a Hindu temple in village Bhong of Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a press statement in this regard which states that Member of National Assembly and Patron in Chief of Pakistan Hindu Council Dr. Ramesh Kumar called on the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a press statement in this regard which states that Member of National Assembly and Patron in Chief of Pakistan Hindu Council Dr. Ramesh Kumar called on the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmed on August 5 and discussed the issue with him "The Hon'ble Chief Justice of Pakistan showed grave concern over the tragic incident," the press release states. Last year, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Gulzar Ahmed had taken notice of the burning of a Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak District.

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Mosque-temple spat: Why has India’s Sambhal exploded into violent clashes?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mosque-temple spat: Why has India’s Sambhal exploded into violent clashes?

Al Jazeera  

Fears for the future of a mosque stoked tensions, but lawyers say India’s Supreme Court also bears responsibility. Within a few minutes, Tasleem received a phone call he will never forget: “My elder brother was shot dead by the police in daylight.” Protests had broken out in Sambhal on Sunday morning after a local court ordered an archaeological survey of …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Namaz In Mosque & Hindu Worship In 'Tehkhana' (Cellar)
9 months, 1 week ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case : Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Namaz In Mosque & Hindu Worship In 'Tehkhana' (Cellar)

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Gyanvapi mosque committee challenging the orders of the Varanasi District Court and the Allahabad High Court allowing the performance of Hindu religious rituals at a tehkhana of the mosque.While doing so, the Court also ordered that that status quo shall be maintained with respect to. …

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: In Setback For Muslim Side, SC Refuses To Halt Prayers At Vyas Tehkhana
9 months, 1 week ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: In Setback For Muslim Side, SC Refuses To Halt Prayers At Vyas Tehkhana

News 18  

Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt Hindu prayers at Vyas Tehkhana in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, situated in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. The bench, however, said that Muslims can enter mosque unhindered from the northern side to offer namaz while priests of the Kashi Vishwanath temple trust would take southern entry to perform puja in the cellar. The apex court …

Supreme Court allows Hindu worship to continue at Gyanvapi premises
9 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court allows Hindu worship to continue at Gyanvapi premises

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed petitions filed by the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute, thus, allowing the Hindu community to continue worship at the cellar. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra ordered the Hindu and Muslim sides to maintain the status quo at the Gyanvapi premises to …

SC refuses to stop prayers of Hindus in Southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque
9 months, 1 week ago

SC refuses to stop prayers of Hindus in Southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque and sought response of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple trustees on the plea of the mosque management committee. The court was hearing a fresh plea of the Gyanvapi mosque management committee against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower …

SC to hear on Apr 1 Gyanvapi committee's plea against allowing puja in cellar
9 months, 1 week ago

SC to hear on Apr 1 Gyanvapi committee's plea against allowing puja in cellar

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on April 1 a Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea against an Allahabad High Court decision upholding a lower court's order allowing Hindu prayers in the southern cellar of the mosque. The high court had dismissed the committee's plea in which it had challenged the district court's January 31 order allowing Hindus …

Allahabad HC to take up pleas on Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi dispute today
1 year, 4 months ago

Allahabad HC to take up pleas on Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi dispute today

Live Mint  

The Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Pritinker Diwakar, will hear the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute today, August 28, Monday, regarding the maintainability of a suit filed before a Varanasi court, according to a report published by the news agency PTI. The petitions also challenge a Varanasi court direction to the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a comprehensive …

Gyanvapi mosque dispute becomes a religious flashpoint in India
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi mosque dispute becomes a religious flashpoint in India

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It is a way to tell Muslims that their …

Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
2 years, 7 months ago

Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque and a temple that are separated by one wall. “It is a way to tell Muslims that their public display of faith in India is no more accepted and that the alleged humiliation heaped on them by …

OPINION | Was there a temple before Gyanvapi Mosque?
2 years, 7 months ago

OPINION | Was there a temple before Gyanvapi Mosque?

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday transferred the Gyanvapi case from Civil Judge to District Judge in Varanasi. In its interim order, the apex court said, the district judge of Varanasi shall first decide the maintainability of civil suits filed by Hindu plaintiffs upon transfer of prayers. The apex court said security forces shall continue to protect the ‘Shivling-like’ structure found …

Gyanvapi Masjid row: Read what Aurangzeb said while ordering demolition of Kashi Vishwanath temple
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi Masjid row: Read what Aurangzeb said while ordering demolition of Kashi Vishwanath temple

India Today  

The report on the Gyanvapi mosque video survey was submitted before the Varanasi court on Thursday by the court-appointed special assistant commissioner. The video survey was ordered by the civic court based on the plea by five women, seeking permission to worship Hindu deities whose idols are located on the outer wall of Gyanvapi Masjid. GYANVAPI CASE - A plea …

‘Textbook repeat’: India courts hear Hindu-relics-in-mosque pleas
2 years, 7 months ago

‘Textbook repeat’: India courts hear Hindu-relics-in-mosque pleas

Al Jazeera  

India’s top court and a court in Varanasi hear petitions filed by Hindu groups claiming a Mughal-era mosque has relics of Lord Shiva. In an interim order on Tuesday, the top court said Muslim prayers at the Gyanvapi Mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi should not be disturbed, while the area where Hindu religious relics were said to be found should …

Gyanvapi: Fading Minorityism in India and Zealots’ Last Stand - News18
2 years, 7 months ago

Gyanvapi: Fading Minorityism in India and Zealots’ Last Stand - News18

News 18  

Turning on the news these days usually entails listening to shrieking voices over the Gyanvapi Mandir in Kashi. As per Altekar’s 1937 book History of Benares: From the Earliest Times Down to 1937, which was written when he was the dean of Banaras Hindu University’s Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, the Gyanvapi Mosque is said to have been …

Gyanvapi Mosque Survey: As Hindu Side Claims 'Victory', A Timeline of How Events Unfolded Over 31 Years
2 years, 8 months ago

Gyanvapi Mosque Survey: As Hindu Side Claims 'Victory', A Timeline of How Events Unfolded Over 31 Years

News 18  

As the court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex concluded on Monday, lawyer Vishnu Jain claimed “a big victory for Hindu side” and said that a ‘shivling’ was found inside the well used for ‘wuzu’. The issue dates back to 1991 when a slew of petitions arrived before the Varanasi court, with local priests seeking permission to worship in …

Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi; one held, booked for blasphemy
3 years ago

Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi; one held, booked for blasphemy

Firstpost  

A man was arrested on Monday for entering and vandalising a Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Karachi. This is 9th attack on Hindu Temple in 22 months despite Supreme Court notices and government claims that they protect Temple — nothing has changed. pic.twitter.com/RevrRED2mr — Veengas December 20, 2021 The man entered a Hindu temple in Ranchore Line area of Karachi in …

Pakistan's Chief Justice inaugurates rebuilt Hindu temple destroyed by radical Islamists
3 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan's Chief Justice inaugurates rebuilt Hindu temple destroyed by radical Islamists

India TV News  

A century-old Hindu temple, which was vandalised and set on fire by an irate mob of radical Islamists in northwest Pakistan last year, has been opened to devotees by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed who had ordered authorities to reconstruct it, according to a media report on Tuesday. On Monday, Chief Justice Ahmed attended a grand function at the rebuilt temple …

India summons Pakistan diplomat to protest against Ganesh temple attack
3 years, 5 months ago

India summons Pakistan diplomat to protest against Ganesh temple attack

Op India  

India has summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat, the Pakistani chargé d’affaires, to voice a strong protest over the vandalism of a Hindu temple in Rahim Yar Khan’s Bhong City in Pakistan. He also assured that the Pakistan Govt would restore the temple, and informed that he has ordered the police to ensure the arrest of all culprits and take action against …

Pakistan Ganesh temple attack: After India's stern words, PM Imran Khan says 'we'll restore mandir'
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan Ganesh temple attack: After India's stern words, PM Imran Khan says 'we'll restore mandir'

India TV News  

A day after a mob attacked a Hindu temple in Pakistan's Rahim Yar Khan district, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday condemned the vandalism of the religious place and ensured action against the culprits. On Wednesday, a mob attacked a Hindu temple in a remote town in Pakistan's Punjab province, damaging idols and burning down parts of it, prompting Chief …

Pak authorities stood idle, completely failed to protect minorities: India after attacks on Hindu temple
3 years, 5 months ago

Pak authorities stood idle, completely failed to protect minorities: India after attacks on Hindu temple

India Today  

India on Thursday hit out at Pakistan saying it has "completely failed" to protect religious minorities and the continued attacks on them is "reprehensible". He said India also summoned Pakistan's Charge d'Affaires on Thursday afternoon and lodged a "firm protest expressing grave concern at this reprehensible incident and the continued attacks on the freedom of religion of the minority community …

Shahi Idgah mosque and Gyanwapi mosque: next targets of RSS
3 years, 7 months ago

Shahi Idgah mosque and Gyanwapi mosque: next targets of RSS

The Hindu  

In his essay on Frederick the Great, Thomas Babington Macaulay wrote: “Is it not perfectly clear that, if antiquated claims are to be set up against recent treaties and long possession, the world can never be at peace for a day? The section for “political leaders”' read “Shri Rama and Shri Krishna Janamsthans, Kashi Vishwanath Mandir and all other historic …

Pakistan: Minority Hindus 'pardon' the Islamists who had razed down Krishna Dwara temple in December
3 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan: Minority Hindus 'pardon' the Islamists who had razed down Krishna Dwara temple in December

Op India  

The minority Hindu minority community in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in Pakistan has reportedly decided to forgive the hundreds of radical Islamists who had razed down and destroyed the Krishna Dwara temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district on December 30, 2020. The Krishna Dwara temple, which is situated in Karak’s Teri union council, had come under attack by hundreds of …

Pak SC orders immediate rebuilding of vandalised Hindu temple
3 years, 10 months ago

Pak SC orders immediate rebuilding of vandalised Hindu temple

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government to immediately start rebuilding a century-old Hindu temple that was vandalised by a mob in the province, and submit a timeline for its completion. On Monday, a three-judge apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, heard the suo motu case regarding the burning of the temple, The Express Tribune reported. …

Islamist mob destroys Hindu temple in Pakistan, grenade attack on Kathua temple in Jammu
4 years ago

Islamist mob destroys Hindu temple in Pakistan, grenade attack on Kathua temple in Jammu

Op India  

A day after hundreds of Islamic fanatics in Pakistani were seen burning and razing down a Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistan-based Islamic terrorists lobbed a grenade on a temple in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening. According to the reports, the terrorists hurled bombs at the temple in the border town of Kathua, however, …

32 acquitted in razing of India mosque that set off violence
4 years, 3 months ago

32 acquitted in razing of India mosque that set off violence

Associated Press  

LUCKNOW, India — An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 people accused of crimes in a 1992 attack and demolition of a 16th century mosque that sparked Hindu-Muslim violence leaving some 2,000 people dead. Joshi, who was a minister in a former BJP government, said “the truth has triumphed.’’ Advani said in a statement that the judgment “vindicated his …

Hindus in India set to build temple at razed mosque site
4 years, 5 months ago

Hindus in India set to build temple at razed mosque site

Associated Press  

LUCKNOW, India — As Hindus prepare to celebrate the groundbreaking of a long-awaited temple at a disputed ground in northern India, Muslims say they have no firm plans yet to build a new mosque at an alternative site they were granted to replace the one torn down by Hindu hard-liners decades ago. Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony follows a ruling by India’s …

India trashes Pakistan's objection to commencement of construction of Ram temple
4 years, 7 months ago

India trashes Pakistan's objection to commencement of construction of Ram temple

India TV News  

India on Thursday trashed Pakistan's criticism of commencement of the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying Islamabad has no locus standi over the issue. Pakistan Foreign Office on Wednesday said that while the world is grappling with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, "the RSS-BJP combine" was advancing the Hindutva agenda. The Supreme Court, in a landmark verdict in the …

Ayodhya verdict: Supreme Court would have done well to revisit Gujarat HC's 'rebuild mosques' order post-2002 violence
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict: Supreme Court would have done well to revisit Gujarat HC's 'rebuild mosques' order post-2002 violence

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court describes the demolition of the Babri Masjid as an “egregious violation of the rule of law”. The Babri Masjid was demolished despite the then Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s assurance to the Supreme Court that he would protect it. Had the Supreme Court ordered the state to rebuild the masjid, it wouldn’t have been the first time that …

Ayodhya verdict | Several positives for the Muslim plaintiffs
5 years, 1 month ago

Ayodhya verdict | Several positives for the Muslim plaintiffs

The Hindu  

The judgment in the hotly contested property dispute of Ayodhya has finally been delivered by a five-judge Supreme Court Bench. Though the apex court accepted that a wrong had been done when the Babri Masjid was desecrated in 1949 through installation of idols and also held that the demolition of the mosque in 1992 was illegal, in the final order, …

Ayodhya verdict | Ruins don’t always indicate demolition, observes Supreme Court
5 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya verdict | Ruins don’t always indicate demolition, observes Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The ruins of an ancient religious structure under an existing building does not always indicate that it was demolished by unfriendly powers, the Supreme Court held in its 1,045-page judgment in the Ayodhya case. The Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, was dealing with the question of whether a Hindu religious structure was demolished to build …

Ayodhya verdict: Site of destroyed Babri Masjid mosque must be given to Hindus for construction of Ram temple, Supreme Court rules
5 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya verdict: Site of destroyed Babri Masjid mosque must be given to Hindus for construction of Ram temple, Supreme Court rules

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India’s Supreme Court has ordered …

Ayodhya verdict | Supreme Court agrees Muslims were wronged but allows Ram temple
5 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya verdict | Supreme Court agrees Muslims were wronged but allows Ram temple

The Hindu  

The Ayodhya judgment of the Supreme Court on Saturday agrees with almost every argument made by the Muslims in support of their title over the Babri Masjid land. Instead, the court orders the government to provide them with an alternative five-acre plot as a “restitution” for losing the mosque. The court held that the damage suffered by the mosque in …

Ayodhya verdict: Temple town expresses mixed sentiments, Muslims say SC should have earmarked spot to build new mosque
5 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya verdict: Temple town expresses mixed sentiments, Muslims say SC should have earmarked spot to build new mosque

Firstpost  

While Hindus in Ayodhya were ecstatic with the court’s verdict, Muslims were disappointed to find no mention of the exact place where they would be provided land to build a mosque. The Supreme Court verdict allowing Hindus to build a temple at Ayodhya was a mixed bag of emotions for the people of this historic town. While Hindus were ecstatic …

King Ram is finally coming home and 'liberals' are not too happy
5 years, 2 months ago

King Ram is finally coming home and 'liberals' are not too happy

Op India  

Ram Mandir will be built at Ayodhya. In their new Ram Raj there is no truth, no justice, no shame — N S November 9, 2019 Also upset were other TheWire ‘journalists’ who chimed in what the maalkin said. Never ever ever ever forget who opened the Babri Masjid locks in 1986 and how the downward spiral began.#BabriMasjid#AyodhyaJudgment — Nikhil …

Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple in land dispute with Muslims
5 years, 2 months ago

Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple in land dispute with Muslims

LA Times  

A Hindu pilgrim touches an image of the deities Rama, Sita and Lakshman in Ayodhya, India, on Saturday. India’s Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favor of Hindus in a land dispute with Muslims in Uttar Pradesh state. India’s Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favor of a Hindu temple in a dispute over religious ground in the country’s north …

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