Mughal Mosque

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to clarify its policy on allowing prayers by devotees in religious places located inside protected monuments.

the court was listing the matter in May, and counsel for the petitioner said the prayer would be infructuous as the month of Ramzan is ending on April 22 or 23.

The Central Government on Monday apprised Delhi HC that the Mughal mosque in the Qutub Minar complex is a protected monument.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has shut Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb here in Maharashtra for five days after a mosque committee in the area tried to lock the place, an official said on Thursday.

The Ain-e-Akbari, a detailed account of the life and times of Mughal Emperor Akbar, does not have any mention of the mosque built by Babar that lies at the heart of the Ram Janambhoomi dispute, the Supreme Court on Tuesday pointed out.

Mughal emperor Babur neither visited Ayodhya nor ordered demolition of the temple to construct a mosque in 1528 at the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri mosquesite, a Hindu body claimed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The counsel for the Ram Lalla Virajman, a party in the Ayodhya land dispute, claimed in the Supreme Court on Friday that a "massive" temple of Lord Ram dating back to the second century BC existed at the disputed site before Mughal rulers allegedly built the Babri Masjid over it in the 1500s.

The Hindutva dream of constructing a Ram Temple at the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya is yet to be realised, but BJP parliamentarian Sakshi Maharaj has come up with a new rallying cry in the run-up the Lok Sabha elections: Demolish Delhi's Jama Masjid because it has been constructed on the remains of a Hindu temple.

A few days after right-wing ideologue Mohan Bhagwat claimed that all Indians are Hindu by identity, Union Minister Giriraj Singh today asked Muslims to help construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya because they are "descendants of Lord Ram and not Mughal Emperor Babur".

The central government has asked all states to remain cautious and ensure peace in all districts as December 6 marks 25 years of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Just yesterday, the Supreme Court said it will begin the final hearing over the disputed Ayodhya site, claimed by both Hindus and Muslims on February 8 next year. Hindus beli...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today visited the Sidi Saiyyed Ki Jaali mosque in Ahmedabad, the last of the major Mughal era shrines in the Gujarat city.

India's largest mosque is planned to be built in Kozhikode covering an area of 12 acres on the sprawling 'Knowledge City' complex of Islamic religious and Cultural Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya near here.Estimated to cost Rs 40 crore for construction, the mosque would be able to accommodate 25,000 people for prayer at a time, Markazu sources ...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to clarify its policy on allowing prayers by devotees in religious places located inside protected monuments.

the court was listing the matter in May, and counsel for the petitioner said the prayer would be infructuous as the month of Ramzan is ending on April 22 or 23.

The Central Government on Monday apprised Delhi HC that the Mughal mosque in the Qutub Minar complex is a protected monument.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has shut Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb here in Maharashtra for five days after a mosque committee in the area tried to lock the place, an official said on Thursday.

The Ain-e-Akbari, a detailed account of the life and times of Mughal Emperor Akbar, does not have any mention of the mosque built by Babar that lies at the heart of the Ram Janambhoomi dispute, the Supreme Court on Tuesday pointed out.

Mughal emperor Babur neither visited Ayodhya nor ordered demolition of the temple to construct a mosque in 1528 at the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri mosquesite, a Hindu body claimed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The counsel for the Ram Lalla Virajman, a party in the Ayodhya land dispute, claimed in the Supreme Court on Friday that a "massive" temple of Lord Ram dating back to the second century BC existed at the disputed site before Mughal rulers allegedly built the Babri Masjid over it in the 1500s.

The Hindutva dream of constructing a Ram Temple at the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya is yet to be realised, but BJP parliamentarian Sakshi Maharaj has come up with a new rallying cry in the run-up the Lok Sabha elections: Demolish Delhi's Jama Masjid because it has been constructed on the remains of a Hindu temple.

A few days after right-wing ideologue Mohan Bhagwat claimed that all Indians are Hindu by identity, Union Minister Giriraj Singh today asked Muslims to help construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya because they are "descendants of Lord Ram and not Mughal Emperor Babur".

The central government has asked all states to remain cautious and ensure peace in all districts as December 6 marks 25 years of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Just yesterday, the Supreme Court said it will begin the final hearing over the disputed Ayodhya site, claimed by both Hindus and Muslims on February 8 next year. Hindus beli...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today visited the Sidi Saiyyed Ki Jaali mosque in Ahmedabad, the last of the major Mughal era shrines in the Gujarat city.

India's largest mosque is planned to be built in Kozhikode covering an area of 12 acres on the sprawling 'Knowledge City' complex of Islamic religious and Cultural Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya near here.Estimated to cost Rs 40 crore for construction, the mosque would be able to accommodate 25,000 people for prayer at a time, Markazu sources ...