[Reader-list] Shias offer donation to build Ram temple at Ayodhya

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

  *Shias offer donation to build Ram temple*
Lucknow, Oct 2

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http://www.deccanherald.com/content/101494/shias-offer-donation-build-ram.html

*A Shia Muslim outfit in the state capital has offered to donate money for
the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and
appealed to the Muslim litigants not to move the Supreme Court to challenge
the verdict of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court.*
 Shia Hussaini Tigers, an organisation of the Shia youth having a sizeable
following among the Shias in the country, said it was ready to provide Rs 15
lakh for taking up the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Organisation President Shamil Shamsi said here on Saturday that he would
soon meet the representatives of the Sunni Central Waqf Board, one of the
main plaintiffs in the dispute, and try to persuade them not to pursue the
matter any further.

Shamsi lashed out at Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for his
statement on the High Court verdict saying such remarks would only vitiate
the atmosphere.
Mulayam on Friday criticised the judgment and said the Muslims felt cheated
by the verdict. He said the verdict   was based on faith and belief rather
than on hard facts and evidence.

“It is really shameful that some politicians and leaders are trying to gain
mileage out of the court verdict,” he said. Shamsi also slammed those Muslim
leaders who were criticising the verdict and urged them to respect the court
order, which, he said had paved the way for both a temple and a mosque.

*End the legal fight*
The young leader also said he was planning to lead a delegation to meet the
senior members of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, an apex body of
the Muslims in the country, to urge them to end the legal fight.

Incidentally, Shamsi’s uncle and well-known Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Saadiq
is a senior vice-president of the AIMPLB. Maulana Saadiq commands a huge
following among the Shias in the country.

Shamsi urged the Muslims to lend a helping hand in the construction of the
temple to set an example in communal harmony.

“Such an act will go a long way in promoting communal peace and harmony in
the country,” he said.


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Aditya Raj Kaul

India Editor
The Indian, Australia

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