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.
Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the BJP-led government at the centre over the Gyanvapi Mosque row and alleged "they are after all our mosques".
The police are making efforts to ensure that the people visiting the temple and the mosque don't face inconveniences
Reacting to BJP leader Sangeet Som's recent remark that "1992 was for Babri and in 2022, is the time to think about Gyanvapi", the cleric said: "Both Hindus and Muslims have been living peacefully together for centuries, but certain divisive forces want to inject hatred to reach their political goals.
The Allahabad High Court in its judgement in April had dismissed a petition challenging a Varanasi court's order to appoint an advocate as a Court Commissioner to inspect the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex.
IS-K, the Afghan regional affiliate of IS that is violently opposed to the Taliban, has carried out several bombings recently, largely in the eastern part of the country.
