Malegaon:
British Indian Muslims have urged British Government to declare the
68 people found guilty by the Justice Liberhan
Commission for the demolition of 16th centaury Babri
Mosque on 6 December 1992 persona non grata.
In a
statement issued to mark the 17th anniversary of the
demolition of Babri Mosque, Chairman of Council of Indian Muslims—UK
(CIM) Mohammad Munaf Zeena said, “Although the role in the
demolition of the historic mosque of these people, including former
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Deputy Prime Minister
L. K. Advani, was no secret, Justice Liberhan Commission has
established their guilt beyond doubt. Not only are they responsible
for the demolition of a religious historic monument, they are also
guilty of inciting anti-Muslim riots over the country and the
killings of thousands of innocent people."
"Therefore",
he said, "In view of not
only putting an end to any possible support from British soil to
these fascists in India but also to prove that it is against fascism
in any form, the British Government must declare these 68 people
persona non grata and never allow them enter into the UK.”
Zeena also demanded that the Indian Government must also take
without any delay all the necessary steps to prosecute and punish
these guilty people and hand over the Babri Mosque site to Indian
Muslims.
"Babri Mosque was built in 1528 by Baqi Beg Tashqandi, the Governor
General of Mughal Emperor Babar to mark the victory of Mughal army
over a Pathan Muslim King, Sikandar Lodhi. There is no historic or
archaeological evidence to prove either of Babar’s going to Ayodhya
or any existence of a Hindu temple on Babri Mosque site. With the
connivance of the administration the Mosque was closed to Muslims in
1949 and converted into a de facto temple after the statues of Rama
and his consort Sita were smuggled and planted there", Zeena said in
Council of Indian Muslims—UK (CIM) statement to the British
Government.
"However", Zeena said, "In order to gain political mileage and financial gains in
the 1980s, BJP leaders suddenly turned their politics towards what they
call the liberation of the birth place of Hindu deity Rama and on 6
December 1992 destroyed the mosque in full un-ashamed media glare."
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