Jamaat, Oikkya Jote unhappy over Babri verdict
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Oikkya Jote (IOJ) yesterday expressed concern and dissatisfaction over the much-awaited ruling of Allahabad High Court on Babri Mosque.
Top leaders of the two Islamist parties, in a reaction, said the Allahabad High Court “mainly gave verdict in favour of Hinduism”.
In a release, Jamaat's Acting Ameer Maqbul Ahmed and Acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam said the verdict disappointed the entire Muslim world including Muslims in India.
“The verdict was politically motivated and in favour of communalism,” said the two Jamaat leaders.
They hoped that the Supreme Court will scrap the verdict and take necessary measures so that Babri Mosque can be rebuilt.
Mufti Fazlul Haq Aminee, chairman of IOJ, in a release, said the Muslim world could not accept the verdict as it went in favour of Hinduism.
“Justices of the Allahabad High Court once again scrapped the Babri Mosque which was demolished in 1992 under the direct supervision of the then BJP government in India,” said the top leader of IOJ, a section of BNP-led four-party alliance.
The Allahbad High Court ruled on October 30 that the 64-acre (25-hectare) site should be split, with the Muslim community getting control of one-third and two Hindu groups splitting the remainder.
Thursday's ruling said the Hindus could keep the area where the mosque once stood because the court determined it was the birthplace of Rama and archaeological evidence showed a temple predated the mosque.
Over the years, the dispute triggered bloody communal violence and threatened India's foundation as a secular, multicultural democracy.
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