HIGHLIGHTS

• Zameer Uddin Shah said that Muslims should hand over the disputed land at Ayodhya to Hindus
• Shah said in an interactive session organised by the Indian Muslims for Peace on Thursday
• He also said that he strongly supported an out-of-court settlement

Meeting of Indian Muslims for Peace for Ayodhya issue. Pic. TOI.

Upendra Bharti | HENB | Lucknow | Oct 10, 2019:: Former Indian Army’s Deputy Chief Lt General and  former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor Zameer Uddin Shah has said that Muslims should hand over the disputed land at Ayodhya to Hindus to build a Ram temple there for the sake of long lasting peace in the country.

“In case the Supreme Court passes judgement in favour of Muslims. They should hand over the land to their Hindu brothers for the sake of lasting peace in the country. There has to be a solution otherwise we’ll go on fighting,” Shah said in an interactive session organised by a Muslim intellectual forum  named, “Indian Muslims for Peace” on Thursday in Lucknow.

He said that he strongly supported an out-of-court settlement and the resolution of the forum in order to ‘hand over the entire disputed land to Hindus for Ram Temple’, will be presented to the Supreme Court formed Mediation panel soon.

The forum which admitted it had no stake in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute and that it had not involved any other litigant of the case in its discussions except the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, will now submit its resolution to the Ayodhya mediation panel.

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow with Lt. general (retd.) Zameeruddin Shah, as its chief guest, the group said that, the Supreme Court (SC) should give a clear verdict in the matter. It also said that for communal harmony of the country, Muslims should give up claim to the land where Babri Masjid once stood.

“In our collective wisdom, the disputed land owned by Muslims of India may be handed over by the Supreme Court of India to the government of India as a goodwill gesture for attaining communal harmony and long lasting peace in the country,” read the resolution.

“The Supreme Court should give a clear verdict and it should not be ‘Panchayati’ at all. Even if the court gives judgement in favour of Muslims, will it be possible to build a mosque there? It is impossible,” he said.

Several other prominent personalities were also present at the event including Padma Shri Mansoor Hasan.

The Supreme Court is hearing the Ram Janmabhoomi – Babri Masjid land dispute on a daily basis and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has urged the parties in the matter to conclude the arguments by October 18.

Read this news in Hindi: अयोध्या पर फैसला हक़ में आए तो भी हिंदुओं को दान कर दें जमीन ~ इंडियन मुस्लिम्स फॉर पीस की अपील

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__Inputs from TOI/India Today/News18 Hindi.

__Video Courtesy: ANI News.