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Jama Masjid Shahi Imam's emotional appeal to PM Narendra Modi over Sambhal mosque row: 'Win hearts of Muslims'

Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, made an emotional appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “talk to Muslims of the country” amid rising communal tensions over mosque surveys in various parts of India, News18 reported. No one knows which way the country will go in the future,” a teary-eyed Bukhari said at Jama Masjid He called …

Jama Masjid revokes order barring unaccompanied women from entering mosque

After a backlash over its order restricting the entry of unaccompanied women or girls inside the mosque premises, the Jama Masjid administration on Thursday withdrew it and clarified that it was solely aimed at preventing “obscene activities” inside the sacred place. Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, told The Hinduthat they had noticed several incidents over the …

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Jama masjid Delhi: Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam has finally agreed to withdraw the order restricting entry of women in the mosque, after Delhi L-G VK Saxena spoke to him and requested him to take back the decree, Raj Niwas sources said today. The administration of Delhi's famed Jama Masjid had put up notices outside the main gates banning the entry …

Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Thursday issued Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi after taking cognizance of the recent restriction on entry of women coming alone or in a group in the famed mosque. "Jama Masjid mein ladki ya ladkiyon ka akele daakhla mana hai," reads the notice by the administration. However, as the issue led to …

Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari said that two people were injured by stones as they became loose and fell down from one of the minarets and other parts of the mosque New Delhi: The historic Jama Masjid had its finial broken and suffered other damage in a storm that was accompanied by heavy rains in Delhi on …

Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the imam of Delhi’s iconic Jama Masjid, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Archaeological Survey of India to inspect the monument and carry out necessary repairs after a squall damaged a minaret of the 17th-century mosque. Owned by the Delhi Waqf Board, the monument is not protected by ASI, which has over the years …

The structures of the historic Jama Masjid in old Delhi have suffered damage in two dust storms within a week's time and thus, need "immediate intervention" of heritage experts, the Shahi Imam of the celebrated mosque said on Sunday. But, due to this, other stones around it have also become loose," the Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari said. A similar …