Shia Waqf Board says Ram temple in Ayodha, mosque in Lucknow
Lucknow, Nov 21 (IBNS): The decade old Ayodha feud could soon come to an end as the Shia Waqf Board has suggested the Ram Mandir to be built in Ayodha, while a mosque will be erected in Lucknow, reports said.
Submitting a proposal before the Supreme Court, the board said it's looking at the bigger picture of national interest.
"Respecting such faith of Hindu community, the UP Shia Central Waqf Board, in the larger interest of nation, is ready to give up its all rights over the Babri Masjid land, a shia waqf for construction of Shri Ram Mandir with a view to bring an end to the dispute," the board said.
The board also accused the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board of "wrongly staking its claim on the Babri Masjid".
However, the board said that one acre of land outside the 'religious peripheries of Ayodha' must be allotted to the community for the construction of the mosque.
"Keeping in view to resolve the mandir-masjid dispute, the government of UP shall also cooperate and out of nazul land lying vacant in Mohalla Hussainabad in front of Ghantaghar, Lucknow, allot one acre land to Shia community for constructing new masjid outside the religious peripheries of Ayodhya and for that purpose UP Shia Central Waqf Board has already made a written request to the UP government," the board said.
In its application, the board said that even in Islamic countries mosques have been removed.
"In the national interest, the peaceful settlement between the parties will bring in harmony between Hindus and Muslims and country can be saved of communal conflicts in the future," the board said.
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