Following the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case on Saturday, the Muslim community in Delhi welcomed the Apex court decision and said that though they are not happy with the decision, yet they will follow court orders. The community people also said that the land allotted to Muslims to construct mosque should be used to build a university or a hospital.
Accepting the Supreme Court verdict, the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid in Delhi, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, said the matter should not be stretched further.
He said Muslims in the country want peace and they had already said that they would accept whatever judgment the apex court delivers.
"We were mentally prepared for the decision. Now what matters is that there should be unity among people and court order should be respected," said Shahid, a resident of Seelampur.
From South East Delhi's Zakir Nagar to east Delhi's Seelampur Muslim residents was largely happy about the Apex Court decision and they appealed to people to remain calm and maintain peace and amity. "The verdict is right but it could have been better if the court had ordered to make a hospital or college over there. But, we are happy that the dispute has been resolved by the Supreme Court," said Mohammad Shabir, a resident of New Seelampur area.
However, not all residents were happy about the verdict and wanted the government to focus on providing employment to people now.
"Now that the matter has been resolved, the government should now focus on providing employment. We want employment to earn our livelihood. I am dissatisfied, but happy that this issue, which has been used as a political tool for several years, has been sorted," said Arif, a resident of Bhrampuri area.
Faheem, who runs winter clothes shop near Jama Masjid, said, "Now what we all think is about brotherhood among Hindus and Muslims. We welcome the verdict. We support the verdict on the long-pending dispute. The issues needed to be resolved."
Shakib Chaudhary, a resident of Zafarabad, said, "We don't need a particular place for worship. The god is everywhere. We welcome the SC verdict. And, this sensitive and long-pending issue needed to be resolved." The Supreme Court in a unanimous verdict on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque.
The site was occupied by the 16th century Babri mosque, built by Mughal empire's founder Babur, which was destroyed by Hindu kar sevaks on December 6, 1992.
The verdict was pronounced on 14 appeals filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties — the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and 'Ram Lalla'.