Muslim leader says Dhannipur mosque is against Shariat and Waqf Act
4 years ago

Muslim leader says Dhannipur mosque is against Shariat and Waqf Act

Op India  

Zafaryab Jilani, convenor of Babri Masjid Action Committee and All India Muslim Personal Law Board executive member, has called the proposed mosque to be built at the government allotted land in Dhanniur of Ayodhya as “against Shariat”. Jilani talked to Times of India, where he said that as per the Waqf Act, mosques and land for the mosques could not be bartered, making the proposed mosque against the Act. The land was allotted as per the November 9, 2019 order of the Supreme Court of India where the Ram Janmabhoomi site was given to the Hindus to build a Ram Temple and the state government was asked to allot 5 acres of land for the Muslims to build a mosque. “Mosques are places for offering namaz, it cannot be deemed wrong” – Ayodhya Mosque Trust Athar Hussain, secretary, Ayodhya Mosque Trust, was not in sync with the views that the land is against Sharia or Waqf Act.

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News 18  

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Op India  

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