OIC denounces opening of Hindu temple on site of Babri Mosque in India
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed “grave worry” Tuesday at the opening of a Hindu temple on top of the demolished Babri Mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya.
“In line with the OIC position expressed by the Council of Foreign Ministers in its previous sessions, the General Secretariat denounces these actions aimed at obliterating the Islamic landmarks represented by the Babri Mosque, which stood tall at the exact location for five centuries,” it said in a statement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the temple of Ram on Monday.
Built in 1528 under the rule of the first Mughal Emperor Babur, the grand mosque, along with 2.77 acres of land, became the center of a dispute in the latter half of the 19th century when a group of Hindus said it was the birthplace of King Ram, who is said to have ruled the region somewhere between 869,108 and 18.14 million years ago.
The demolition of the mosque in 1992 triggered violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims.
The Indian Supreme Court in 2019 handed over the site to Hindus and allowed the construction of a temple. The court directed authorities to allocate a separate area on the outskirts of Ayodhya to the Sunni Central Waqf Board to build a new mosque.
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