No Answer From SC on How Illegally Placed Idol in Babri Masjid Became Deity: AIMPLB’s Zafaryab Jilani

Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)’s secretary Zafaryab Jilani reiterated the Board’s position that a Babri Masjid was illegally demolished and that it will always remain as mosque.

Speaking to Outlook, Jilani, who was the convener of Babri Masjid Action Committee, said that the Board has been unhappy with the verdict because the Supreme Court has categorically held that the Babri Masjid was illegally demolished. “In 1994, SC said that the demolition was a shameful act for the country,” he said.

The Muslim community has accepted the verdict going by the law of the land, he said. “The SC, rightly or wrongly, has given a decree in favor of this idol. The SC hasn’t given an answer to the query that how illegally placed idol became a deity?” he asked.

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