Guwahati: The Supreme Court mandated it in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi ruling, and the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) granted it in order for the Dhannipur mosque to begin construction.
The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) trust will build a mosque, a hospital, a research centre, a community kitchen, and a library on five acres of land provided by the Uttar Pradesh government.
The work has been postponed for more than two years due to issues with the ADA’s change of land use and pending clearance.
Ayodhya Divisional Commissioner Gaurav Dayal was quoted by PTI as saying, “We have approved the project of Ayodhya mosque in the board meeting held on Friday. The sanctioned maps will be handed over to the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) after a few departmental formalities which are to be completed within a couple of days.”
IICF secretary Athar Hussain stated that the trust would convene to finalise the mosque construction design after all necessary approvals had been obtained.
He said, “The meeting of the trust will be held after Ramzan that ends on April 21. The date to begin the construction work of the mosque will be finalised in that meeting.”
“We laid the foundation of the mosque on January 26, 2021. We chose that day because on this day, India’s Constitution came into effect more than seven decades ago.
“We laid the foundation of the mosque on January 26, 2021. We chose that day because on this day, India’s Constitution came into effect more than seven decades ago,” he said. The Dhannipur mosque will be bigger than the Babri Masjid. It will not be modelled on the structure which once stood in Ayodhya,” he added.
It should be mentioned that the distance between the Ram temple’s location and the Dhannipur mosque is roughly 22 kilometres.
In a landmark decision on November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court put an end to the long-running dispute by ordering the construction of a Ram temple at the contentious location in Ayodhya and directing the state government to set aside five acres of land for the construction of a mosque in a visible location in the district.
The IICF trust, which was established for that purpose, declared its intentions to construct the mosque alongside a hospital, a community kitchen, a library, and a research institute.
Hussain said that the upcoming hospital will serve humanity in true spirit of Islam as taught by the Prophet 1,400 years ago.
“The hospital won’t be the usual concrete structure, but will be in sync with the architecture of the mosque, replete with calligraphy and Islamic symbols,” he said.
The IICF secretary added, “While the hospital will treat the sick and infirm, the community kitchen will feed the hungry, blurring barriers of religion, caste and creed. The green belt at the site will create awareness on climate change and the research institute will study the contribution of Muslims in the freedom struggle and the legacy of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood which helped India attain independence.”
The Ram temple construction project is currently in full swing in Ayodhya. According to representatives of the trust building the temple, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, the temple will welcome visitors in January 2024.
The fact that India will have its next general elections in that year is also relevant.