AIMPLB: Claims on mosques blatant mockery of law, Constitution

It requested the CJI to direct the lower judiciary to refrain from opening doors to more disputes.

Ajmer Sharif Dargah. (Express Archive Photo)

Calling multiple claims being made on Muslim religious places in the recent past as “blatant mockery” of law and Constitution, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday urged Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to take suo motu action. It requested the CJI to direct the lower judiciary to refrain from opening doors to more disputes.

The AIMPLB statement comes in the wake of petitions filed in Sambhal and Ajmer courts claiming that prominent Muslim religious places such as the Jama Masjid in Sambhal and Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah in Ajmer were built on temples.

“Following the unresolved issue of Sambhal’s Jama Masjid, a new claim has emerged, asserting that the world-renowned Ajmer dargah is the Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple. Unfortunately, the West Civil Court in Ajmer has accepted this petition for hearing and issued notices to the parties involved,” AIMPLB spokesperson SQR Ilyas said.

Ilyas said it was deeply unfortunate and shameful that, after the claims on the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Shahi Eidgah in Mathura, Bhojshala mosque in Madhya Pradesh, Teele Wali masjid in Lucknow, and the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, a claim was been made on the historic Ajmer dargah.

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