IANS/Hyderabad
Member of parliament Asaduddin Owaisi has said Muslims will never give up even an inch of the land of the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
The president of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) said Muslims were betrayed at every step in the Babri Masjid case and felt that justice should be done to ensure peace in the country.
Owaisi was addressing a mammoth public meeting organised by the United Muslim Action Committee at MIM headquarters Darussalam here on Sunday night, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.
Giving a detailed account of the case, the MP from Hyderabad advised Muslims to pray for the success of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in the legal battle.
The AIMPLB has challenged in the Supreme Court the September 30, 2010 verdict of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, which said the 2.77-acre disputed land should be divided in three parts among the Hindus and Muslims.
Of this, two parts go to Hindu organisations, and the remaining one-third to the Muslims.
Owaisi drew a parallel between installation of idols in Babri Masjid and the construction of an illegal temple in the precincts of the historic Charminar here.
He alleged that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) colluded with “communal forces” to allow the temple to come up, in blatant violation of the rules for protection of heritage monuments.
United Muslim Action Committee convener Abdul Rahim Quraishi said secularism and justice were “murdered” with the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
He said Muslims would never forget that tragedy.
Quraishi, who is also the secretary of AIMPLB, said the Babri Masjid case was linked to all those mosques on which “Hindu communal forces” were laying claim.