Muslim leaders hail CM for mosques in Sectt

Muslim religious and community leaders thanked Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for consenting to reconstruct two masjids at their respective locations inside the Secretariat premises.

A delegation of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and religious organisations had called on the Chief Minister at his residence and discussed various issues related to the community.

Speaking to the media later, MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi clarified that a masjid was damaged during the regime of Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and was rebuilt. The Secretariat is under the control of the government and it is their responsibility to rebuild it.

“The Chief Minister showed us a place in the plan and said if we approve, a big masjid will be built there.

However, theologians clarified the Islamic point of view and asked not to change the locations,” he said. Owaisi said the Chief Minister asked roads and buildings minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy to consult with MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi for preparing the design.

“We requested the Chief Minister to allocate lands for two graveyards around the Outer Ring Road. We also asked him to expedite works on construction of Aneesul-Gurba orphanage. We asked him to appoint a person fluent in Urdu as Vice-Chairman of the Official Language Commission and start constructions for Islamic Cultural Centre.” The CM agreed to all of this.

On the Congress’ plan to raise the issue in the Assembly session, he said, the party should first clarify about the demolition of Babri Masjid. Congress is mischief-monger and it had welcomed construction of Ram mandir at Ayodhya, he said.

AIMPLB secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani said, “we acquainted the Chief Minister that the masjid is part of our faith and once built, it will remain forever. Even the person who endows it will not remain the owner. We clarified that the building is not considered as a masjid, but the place where it was constructed. That’s why the reconstruction of the masjid at it has existed is obligatory.”

Mohammed Ziauddin Naiyar, vice-president, Taamir-e-Millat, said “we raised the issue of Masjid Noor and Masjid Amberpet as well.”

Moulana Akbar Nizamuddin, Proctor, Jamia Nizamia, informed “It was clear that the masjids were not hindering the proposed plan. In the proposed plan, a place was earmarked for the masjid that was far away from where the two masjids stood. On our request, he agreed to build the two on places they had existed.”