Shia Waqf Board proposes Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, masjid in Lucknow

1. Shia Waqf Board proposes Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, masjid in Lucknow The board has submitted a proposal to the SC for settlement of decades-old dispute over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site Shia Waqf Board proposes Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, masjid in Lucknow on Business Standard. The board has submitted a proposal to the SC for settlement of decades-old dispute over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid.

2. Ram Mandir Dispute : The Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board has submitted before the Supreme Court a proposal for settlement of the decades-old dispute over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site, saying a temple can be built in Ayodhya and the mosque could be raised in Lucknow. The board has told the top court that peaceful settlement between the parties was in “national interest” and would bring about harmony between Hindus and Muslims in the country. In an application seeking to file settlement proposal, the board has claimed that they being the rightful owner of the disputed property were ready to give up “all the rights” over the land to pave the way for construction of Ram Mandir. The board also said that to end the dispute, the state government shall also cooperate and allot one acre of land to the Shia community to construct a new Masjid outside Ayodhya, in Lucknow. “Respecting such faith of Hindu community, the UP Shia Central Waqf Board, in the larger interest of nation, is ready to give up its all rights over the Babri Masjid land, a shia waqf for construction of Shri Ram Mandir with a view to bring an end to the dispute,” the board has said in its proposal. It said that they had taken the initiative and held discussions with “non- Muslim stake holders” in the matter and accused the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board of “wrongly staking its claim on the Babri Masjid”. The Shia board also claimed that the mosque built on the disputed land was a Shia mosque and, on the basis of evidence, it has been established that its last ‘mutawalli’ (a trustee of waqf) was a Shia Muslim. It said the Sunni board's February 22, 1944 notification wherby they recorded the Babri mosque as Sunni Waqf has been held invalid by the court. Click to Read → Shia Waqf Board Proposal