As Hindus prepare to break ground for a new Ram temple on the same spot Babri mosque stood in Ayodhya, Muslims unclear on path to building new place of worship
In this December 6, 1992, file photo, Hindu hardliners stand on top of one of the three domes of the 16th-century Babri mosque before it was destroyed in Ayodhya, India.
Hindus believe their god Lord Ram was born at the site and claim that the Muslim Emperor Babar built a mosque on top of a temple there, where there is some evidence that a Hindu temple had once stood. Only limited entry into the city will be allowed to Hindu devotees because of the coronavirus pandemic. While India has ended its most coronavirus restrictions, it has maintained a ban on religious gatherings.On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay five silver bricks as the temple foundation amid the chanting of Hindu religious hymns.
Faruqi didn't give a time frame for building the new mosque. Muslim community groups have not yet come forward in support of the project.The dispute around the mosque which was built in 1528 arose soon after India gained independence from British colonial powers in 1947. Then in 1991, when the Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party of current Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in Uttar Pradesh, the campaign for the construction of a Ram temple grew.
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