The Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind, the largest body of Muslim clerics, has backed filing of a review petition in the Supreme Court against its verdict on the Ayodhya issue and has rejected the offer of five acre plot for the construction of the Babri mosque saying nothing can substitute the original mosque. The Jamiat’s articulation comes after the outfit’s National Working Committee on Thursday passed resolutions to the effect.
The Committee’s meeting was held under the chairmanship of Maulana Qari Mohammad Usman Mansoorpuri, the President Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, to deliberate upon whether to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on Babri mosque and whether to accept five acre plot as an alternative land for the mosque.
The meeting also discussed other issues concerning the country and community including followers’ entry into ASI-managed mosques and wakf properties.
“The working Committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) holds the recent Supreme Court verdict on Babri mosque unjust and overwhelmingly one-sided. It has confirmed that the mosque was not built after demolishing any temple but there existed a mosque for several hundred years which was demolished and now the court has paved the way for construction of a temple over its site. As such the judgment is the darkest spot in the history of free India,” the Committee resolved.
“In such a situation we cannot expect any better award from the concerned judges. Rather, there is possibility of further damage.
Therefore, the Working Committee considers that filing a review petition will not be fruitful. Nevertheless since several Muslim organizations availing their constitutional rights have decided to file a review petition, Jamiat does not oppose them and hopes that it does not produce any negative effect,” according to the Jamiat resolution.
The Working Committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind also seeks to clarify that nothing can substitute the mosque. Therefore, the five acre plot in Ayodhya in an alternative place as a substitute to the mosque must not be accepted, it said.
The outfit’s resolution also lauded Muslims for displaying patience as peace loving citizens during in the face of testing times.
The Jamiat also took a swipe at the Sunni Wakf Board saying the chairman of UP Sunni Wakf Board has played a role of Mir Jaafar for the Muslim of India in the Ramjanmbhoomi/Babri Mosque case.
The Working Committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has decided to constitute a committee comprising of the following persons:
(1)Advocate Shakil Ahmad Sayyad (2) Maulana Niaz Ahmad Farooqui (3) Hafiz Peer Shabbir Ahmad (4) Haji Mohammad Haroon and Hafiz Nadeem Sidiqui shall be the convener of the committee.”
Resolution regarding mosques controlled by Archeological Survey of India (ASI)
“The Working Committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind vehemently demands from the government to open and allow the Muslims to offer prayers in mosques controlled by ASI which are undisputed. They should be opened forthwith for the prayers so that the mosques should remain thronged by the worshippers of Allah Almighty.”
The name of the participants Apart from the president Maulana Qari Mohammad Usman Mansoorpuri, and JUH national General Secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani, those who attended the meeting included Maualna Amanullah Q…