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Trust constituted to build mosque in Ayodhya

The Trust to build a mosque in Ayodhya, following the verdict of the Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, would have a maximum of 15 members, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board announced on Wednesday as it constituted the body. While Mr. Faruqi, Mr. Siddiqui and Mr. Shah are members of the Waqf Board, Mr. Hussain is the director of a Lucknow-based institute, the Centre for Objective Research and Development, and was also a part of the mediation process in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit before the Supreme Court verdict. On February 24, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board decided to accept the five acres of land allotted to it by the State government for building a mosque in Dhannipur village in Sohawal tehsil of Ayodhya, around 25 km from the site where the Babri Masjid stood. Mr. Faruqi had also announced that the Trust would construct a centre showcasing Indo-Islamic culture of several centuries, a centre for research and study of Indo-Islamic culture, a charitable hospital, a public library and other public utilities at the site in Dhannipur.

The Hindu

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