Maulana Salman Nadvi again bats for shifting of Babri Masjid from Ayodhya
New Delhi: Prominent Islamic Scholar Maulana Salman Nadvi, who earlier initiated talks with Sri Sri Ravi Shanker to resolve the disputed Ayodhya issue through mediation and proposed to shift Babri Masjid, has once again said that there are clauses in Islam that allow shifting Masjids in Islam.
On Friday, when the Apex Court referred the Ayodhya dispute case for mediation and appointed a three-member body, Maulana once again added that Muslims should shift Masjid elsewhere from Ayodhya. He also added that prominent personalities like Ram should be respected by everyone and Ram Mandir should be allowed to be built in Ayodhya.
Maulana added that the move to shift Masjid will let peace prevail between the communities.
He cited instance from history when the second ‘Khaleefa’ of Islam Umar had shifted a Masjid to make space for a dates’ business center.
“If the case is contested in Court, one party will win and the other will lose. The winning party will pretend to be dominating while the other might feel inferior which will further disrupt peace between the two parties or communities. But if the issue can be resolved through mediation than relations between the two parties and communities will improve” he said will speaking to NDTV.
“It is for the betterment of our country. And for the cause of instilling unity between two communities we should shift the Masjid elsewhere” he further noted.
Maulana Salman Nadvi is a professor at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow and was a member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He was later expelled from the Board after he initiated talks with Ravi Shanker and urged Muslims to shift the Masjid elsewhere while expressing his views on the issue.
Supreme Court on Friday ordered mediation in the case and formed a committee of three members headed by Justice Kalifulla. The committee includes Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior lawyer Sriram Panchu and will meet in Faizabad in a closed room meetings. The SC has allotted a eight-week time for the committee to mediate the case and has asked it to submit report to SC after four weeks on progress.
All the proceedings and information of mediation will be kept confidential and will not be made available for media or any other institution.
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Remarks against St Francis Xavier: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar gets bail
Panaji (PTI): A court in Goa on Saturday granted bail to right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar, who was arrested after he allegedly made derogatory comments against St Francis Xavier.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vasco, granted regular bail to Khattar, currently admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment of chest pain after he was shifted from the District Hospital in Mapusa two days back.
A row erupted after a video of remarks by Khattar, the founder of Sanatan Mahasangh, at an event on April 18 in the presence of Swami Brahmeshanand, State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLAs Sankulp Amonkar and Daji (Krishna) Salkar, went viral.
St Francis Xavier is revered as the patron saint of Goa.
The controversial remarks led to the Vasco Police registering an FIR against Khattar on charges of hurting religious sentiments and creating enmity between groups.
He was detained in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, by local police. His custody was later handed over to the Goa Crime Branch, according to officials.
