Avoid calling disputed structures as mosques: Adityanath
He stated, "The day we stop calling it a mosque, people will stop going there. Islam itself teaches against hurting anyone's faith or constructing a mosque-like structure at such places.”
He stated, "The day we stop calling it a mosque, people will stop going there. Islam itself teaches against hurting anyone's faith or constructing a mosque-like structure at such places.”
The administration informed the High Court that no permission had been given for Mahapanchayat on December 1.
Hindu organisations staged a protest over an alleged illegally constructed mosque in Mandi on Friday. As the crowd tried to bring down the line of barricades, police resorted to firing water cannon to disperse the crowd.
Commercial establishments were closed in many parts of the Himachal Pradesh capital on Thursday in support of protesters who have been demanding the demolition of illegal portions of a mosque in the densely populated Sanjauli area.
Fearing communal tension, the district administration had ensured heavy police deployment in Sanjauli, after failed talks with the representatives of the Hindu organizations on Tuesday to suspend the protest.
Advocate Vishnu Jain, representing the Hindu side, said that they will challenge the court’s verdict in the Supreme Court.
The court had reserved the order in the Gyanvapi Mosque-Shringar Gauri case on September 29 after hearing both sides' arguments.
The decision relates to the maintainability of Hindu women's plea seeking permission to worship Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex.
On Wednesday, the Taliban government did not reply to multiple requests to confirm the number of casualties.
In the dispute, district and sessions judge AK Vishvesha will start hearing the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's plea challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by the Hindu parties.
