AIMPLB Cites Example of Hagia Sophia, Says 'Babri Masjid In Ayodhya Will Always be a Mosque'

The Muslim Personal Law Board cited the example of Hagia Sophia in Turkey and told the land was usurped while calling the historic judgement as majority appeasing.

New Delhi: In a move expressing displeasure over the construction of Ram Mandir, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to proclaim that Babri Masjid was and would always be a mosque. Also Read: One Year Of Article 370 Abrogation: A Look At The Redefined Life In Jammu and Kashmir The board cited the example of Hagia Sophia in Turkey and told the land was usurped while calling the historic judgment as majority appeasing. “#BabriMasjid was and will always be a Masjid. #HagiaSophia is a great example for us. Usurpation of the land by an unjust, oppressive, shameful and majority appeasing judgment can't change it's status. No need to be heartbroken. Situations don't last forever. #ItsPolitics,” a tweet by the AIMPLB's official twitter handle read.

Not just the board but All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi emphasised that Babri was there and would remain so. In a tweet, Owaisi said,"#BabriMasjid thi, hai aur rahegi inshallah #BabriZindaHai."

In a landmark judgment in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title case, the Supreme Court last year told the entire 2.77 acres of disputed land should be handed over to the deity Ram Lalla, who was one of the three litigants. The Sunni Waqf Board in Ayodhya was allotted a five-acre plot for the construction of a mosque. In the aftermath of the verdict, the Sunni Waqf board said it would not go ahead with the review. On five acres of land being given to the board as per the direction of the apex court, the board has decided to accept the decision after meetings. Even as the Sunni Waqf Board didn’t go ahead in reviewing the petition against the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had said it will continue with the plea. “Exercising our constitutional right, we are going to file a review petition in the Babri Masjid case during the first week of December,” the board had said. The board had stated the Sunni Waqf Board's decision to not pursue the case won't legally impact the case. “All Muslim organisations are on the same page,” the AIMPLB had said.