>From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Assam] From the ToI
>Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:32:10 -0500
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>The below from today's ToI. The title of the article is somewhat
>misleading. It makes it sound as though the BJP move was an unsound one.
>Personally I thought it made good sense. Should have been endorsed long
>back. And the BJP should have attempted to make it happen. But then again,
>when you make deals with the Devil, sooner or later you would have to pay
>for it dearly.
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>I capitalized the paragraph that defines Hinduttwa while it ought to be a
>symbol of shame:
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>BJP's new Ayodhya formula backfires
>IANS[ THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2003 03:08:45 PM ]
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>NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party's proposal to build a temple in
>Ayodhya and have a mosque erected alongside has proved a non-starter with
>its Hindu affiliates and Muslims rejecting it.
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>The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), which is at the forefront of the
>aggressive campaign to build a temple at the site of the razed 16th century
>Babri mosque in the Uttar Pradesh town, outright dismissed any suggestion
>of a mosque in or around the disputed land.
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>"It is absurd. Having a temple and a mosque standing alongside will only
>breed more enmity instead of bringing about a lasting understanding between
>Hindus and Muslims," VHP leader Giriraj Kishore said a day after BJP
>president M Venkaiah Naidu made the proposal at a rally in Rampur, Uttar
>Pradesh.
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>Naidu had said the BJP wanted a temple at the disputed site, but a mosque
>should be constructed next to it as a solution to the dragging legal and
>religious temple-mosque battle.
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>"We are completely opposed to the BJP's suggestion," said Kishore,
>insisting there was no question of building a mosque anywhere in the
>sprawling complex of 67 acres, including the 2.77 acres on which the Babri
>mosque once stood before it was broken down on December 6, 1992.
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>"THEIR (MUSLIMS') PRAYERS WILL CLASH WITH OURS AND THAT WILL ONLY BE THE
>TIP OF THE ICEBERG. IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A MOSQUE, THEY CAN DO IT OUTSIDE
>AYODHYA. NO FORCE IN THE WORLD CAN GET A TEMPLE AND A MOSQUE BUILT
>ALONGSIDE IN AYODHYA," KISHORE ASSERTED.
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>Muslim leaders also brushed aside the BJP proposal as "useless" and nothing
>new.
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>Former diplomat Syed Shahabuddin said it was the "game" of Hindu radicals
>and the BJP since 1986 to get Muslims to surrender the mosque site and make
>way for a temple there.
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>"The court case on the title suit is proceeding very fast now, on a
>day-to-day basis, and a verdict may be in within a year," Shahabuddin said.
>"If we waited a decade, why can't Naidu wait another year? We are prepared
>to abide by whatever the court rules."
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>The former MP, who heads the All-India Muslim Majlis-Mushawarat, pointed
>out that the Supreme Court had ruled that depending on the verdict of the
>title suit, the disputed land should be given to the victorious party and
>the other party should be allowed to build its structure close by.
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>Kasim Rasool Illyas of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, a powerful
>conglomerate of Muslim groups, said the BJP was floating the formula to
>escape from a court verdict that could go in favour of the Muslims.
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>"If we had to accept this kind of a solution, we could have accepted it
>long back. Our basic issue is the ownership of the Babri mosque site.
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>"There is overwhelming evidence that the disputed site belonged to the
>Muslims. If that is the case, we are not authorised to turn over our holy
>land to anybody. It is not our personal property," said Illyas.
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>"If they want to resolve the dispute now, after demolishing the Babri
>mosque, then why don't they let us rebuild the mosque at the same spot and
>build a temple next to it?"
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