Give Muslims alternative site for namaz: Supreme Court to Dhar administration
The Supreme Court of India has declined to stay a high court order that declared the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex a temple, effectively barring Muslim prayers at the site. The court has instead directed the local administration to provide an alternative space for Friday namaz while it reviews the petitions.
Why it matters
The case highlights ongoing communal tensions and legal disputes over religious sites in India, testing the judiciary's role in maintaining peace.
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay a Madhya Pradesh high court judgment declaring the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex a temple and disallowing Muslims from offering namaz there. However, it agreed to hear three petitions by the Muslim side, which argued that HC erased 700-year-old documentary evidence of the site being a mosque and disturbed a 23-year-old arrangement under which Hindus worshipped on Tuesdays and Muslims offered Friday namaz."Let us not pass any order which might create tension and law and order situation.
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