<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board has announced setting up of a trust to build a mosque in Ayodhya, in compliance with the November 2019 order of the Supreme Court in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. The trust has been named the 'Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation'.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a press release Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board said that it had accepted the alternative five-acre land allotted to it by the Uttar Pradesh government at Village Dhannipur in Raunahi area of Ayodhya. There will be 15 members on the trust.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board will be the founder trustee of the trust, while the secretary of the trust will also function as the official spokesperson.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the chairperson of the Waqf Board, Zufar Ahmad Faruqi, the trust would soon decide on the date of the construction.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The board in its earlier meeting had decided to construct a mosque and other facilities for the public on the 5 acres of land allotted to it by the state government.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In compliance of the Judgement and order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, in Ram Janm Bhumi-Babri Masjid case, the Government of Uttar Pradesh had allotted 5 Acres of land in Village Dhannipur, of Raunahi area in Ayodhya.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | July 29, 2020 8:44 PM
Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board announces setting up of trust to build mosque in Ayodhya