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Mosque is property of Allah, says Asaduddin Owaisi
All India Majlis-e –Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that no individual or organisation can give away mosques and that Allah is their rightful owner.
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e –Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that no individual or organisation can give away mosques and that Allah is their rightful owner. He responded to the Shia Waqf Board’s recent statement regarding Babri mosque that it was ready to give the mosques to Hindus and Babri Masjid can be constructed at a distance from disputed site in Ayodhya.
"Masjids can be managed by Shia, Sunni, Barelvi, Sufi, Deobandi, Salafi, Bohri but they are not the owners. Allah is the owner," tweeted the Hyderabad MP in an obvious reaction to Shia Waqf Board's latest stand. "Even AIMPLB (All India Muslim Personal Law Board) cannot give (the mosque)," added Owaisi. "Masjids cannot be given just because one Maulana says so. Allah is the owner not a Maulana,” said the MP.
"Masjids cannot be given just because one Maulana says so. Allah is the owner not a Maulana,” said the MP. Tweeting that the title suit was in the Supreme Court, he said that it would be decided based on evidences. Shia Board opined that mosque can be built at a reasonable distance from the site of dispute and it has no objection for it. Claiming that the Babri mosque site was its property, the Shia Board said it was entitled to hold negotiations.
Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted, “Please remember Babri Masjid case is about title which the Allahabad High Court wrongly decided as a partnership case. Hence the appeal in the apex court.” (Sic) Owaisi is a member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), which had challenged in the Supreme Court the 2010 verdict of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court directing that the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi disputed site be divided into three parts.
The court had directed that the 2.77-acre disputed land be divided in three parts- two parts to Hindu organisations and the remaining to the Muslims. Describing the judgement as “strange and surprising” the Supreme Court had stayed it on May 9, 2011.
