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  • Dhannipur mosque in Ayodhya to be named after Prophet Mohammad

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: An umbrella body of mosques in India, All India Rabta-e-Masjid, has proposed to name the mosque to be built in Dhannipur village of Ayodhya district as “Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid”, after the Prophet.

    The decision was taken in the presence of around 1,000 clerics of various Muslim sects in Mumbai on Thursday, who gathered to finalise the design of the proposed mosque.

    As per the sources, the mosque will be built by Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation Trust (IICFT) on land allotted to UP Sunni Central Waqf Board in Dhannipur village, 22-km away from Ram Janmabhoomi premises, in compliance with the Supreme Court order delivered in connection with the vexed issue of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid on November 9, 2019.

    The apex court’s verdict settled the decades-long litigation paving the way for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

    Earlier, the design of the proposed mosque was contemporary and simple like other mosques usually built in India but later it was decided to build the mosque on the pattern of grand mosques of the Middle East and Arab countries with high minarets and big domes.

    “The Dhannipur mosque will be named after Prophet Mohammed-Bin-Abdullah, and its design will be inspired by ancient Islamic architecture. Pune architect Imran Sheikh will oversee its construction,” said Zufar Farooqui, chairman of the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board who attended the meeting in Mumbai.

    Farooqui added that the dimensions of the mosque would soon be shared, and hopefully, it would turn out to be one of the most beautiful mosques in the world.

    “The best thing about the new design is its traditional looks,” said the chairman.  The mosque will be bigger in size than what was proposed in the previous design and it will be able to accommodate more than 5,000 Namazis at a time.

    “We had prepared the blueprint to collect more than Rs 300 crore for the construction of the mosque. It is hoped that the drive to collect funds will be successful. We will start construction of the mosque as soon as funds are collected,” he said.

    He also said that a 300-bed charitable cancer hospital would be established by Dr Habil Khorakiwala, Chairman, of Wockhardt Group, the pharma giant. 

    The design of the proposed hospital, prepared by Professor SM Akhtar of Jamia Millia Islamia University, would remain the same and the museum, research centre and library would be dedicated to the freedom fighter of the 1857 revolt Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi, said Farooqui.

    Meanwhile, the maps of the proposed mosque and hospital are still with the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) as the IICFT has to pay Rs one crore as development charges to get the map released from the ADA. However, the UP government has given all necessary NOCs regarding the construction of the mosque and hospital. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp

    LUCKNOW: An umbrella body of mosques in India, All India Rabta-e-Masjid, has proposed to name the mosque to be built in Dhannipur village of Ayodhya district as “Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid”, after the Prophet.

    The decision was taken in the presence of around 1,000 clerics of various Muslim sects in Mumbai on Thursday, who gathered to finalise the design of the proposed mosque.

    As per the sources, the mosque will be built by Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation Trust (IICFT) on land allotted to UP Sunni Central Waqf Board in Dhannipur village, 22-km away from Ram Janmabhoomi premises, in compliance with the Supreme Court order delivered in connection with the vexed issue of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid on November 9, 2019.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The apex court’s verdict settled the decades-long litigation paving the way for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

    Earlier, the design of the proposed mosque was contemporary and simple like other mosques usually built in India but later it was decided to build the mosque on the pattern of grand mosques of the Middle East and Arab countries with high minarets and big domes.

    “The Dhannipur mosque will be named after Prophet Mohammed-Bin-Abdullah, and its design will be inspired by ancient Islamic architecture. Pune architect Imran Sheikh will oversee its construction,” said Zufar Farooqui, chairman of the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board who attended the meeting in Mumbai.

    Farooqui added that the dimensions of the mosque would soon be shared, and hopefully, it would turn out to be one of the most beautiful mosques in the world.

    “The best thing about the new design is its traditional looks,” said the chairman.  The mosque will be bigger in size than what was proposed in the previous design and it will be able to accommodate more than 5,000 Namazis at a time.

    “We had prepared the blueprint to collect more than Rs 300 crore for the construction of the mosque. It is hoped that the drive to collect funds will be successful. We will start construction of the mosque as soon as funds are collected,” he said.

    He also said that a 300-bed charitable cancer hospital would be established by Dr Habil Khorakiwala, Chairman, of Wockhardt Group, the pharma giant. 

    The design of the proposed hospital, prepared by Professor SM Akhtar of Jamia Millia Islamia University, would remain the same and the museum, research centre and library would be dedicated to the freedom fighter of the 1857 revolt Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi, said Farooqui.

    Meanwhile, the maps of the proposed mosque and hospital are still with the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) as the IICFT has to pay Rs one crore as development charges to get the map released from the ADA. However, the UP government has given all necessary NOCs regarding the construction of the mosque and hospital. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp

  • Dhannipur mosque project takes off with unfurling of tricolour

    Express News Service
    LUCKNOW: With the unfurling of tricolour at the five acre stretch in Dhannipur village in Ayodhya district, the project involving the construction of mosque and other facilities took off on Tuesday, the Republic Day.

    The occasion was marked also by planting of nine plant saplings by Zufur Farooqui, chairman of Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) and its other members, including IICF vice president Adnan Farooq, secretary Athar Hissain, Imran Ahmad, Dr Sheikh Saudujjama and Moahmmad Rashid. Dhannipur village head Meraz Ahmad Khan was also present. IICF is the body constituted by Sunni Central Waqf Board to take care of the mosque project at Dhannipur village under Sohawal Tehsil in Ayodhya district.

    IICF chief Zufar Farooqui planted a tamarind sapling to start the project in a simple ceremony. Prominent among those present on the occasion included the members of Rashtriya Muslim Manch, a wing of Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), to be a part of the ceremony.

    The project comprises facilities including a superspeciality hospital, a library, a Indo-Islamic Cultural Complex, a museum and a community kitchen besides the mosque to be built on five acre land in Dhannipur, 25 km away from Ram Janmabhoomi complex in Ayodhya, allocated by the UP government to UP Sunni Central Waqf Board in compliance of the Supreme Court order delivered on November 9, 2019.

    The project is likely to be completed in two and a half years time. The general secretary of IICF, Athar Hussain, told the media persons that the mosque complex would be dedicated to the humanity. However, the soil testing ahead of the project construction was started by Gunjan Soil Testing Company from Monday. Soil samples were collected from three identified location on the five acre stretch.

    As per the IICF sources, the foundation decided to get the soil tested before moving ahead with the foundation work of the mosque complex. The report of the soil samples collected on Monday was expected in 15-days time, said Devdhar Yadav, the supervisor of the soil testing firm. He shared that the soil of various levels starting from 50 cm to 20 ft deep would be tested. During the tests, water level and the presence of soils salts would also be evaluated. After the soil testing, the map of the Dhannipur mosque would be presented to the Ayodhya Vikas Pradhikaran for their approval. The sources of the IICFclaimed that the map was being readied in Delhi.

    According to IICF general secretary Athar Hussain, the foundation would not launch any door-to-door drive to collect the funds for the mosque complex. The IIFC would not accept the cash money as well. Funds would be taken directly in the account of the foundation. Two local residents – Rajesh Kumar Singh and Sunit Sengar donated cheque Rs 11,000 each to the chairman of IICF for the Foundation.

    Meanwhile, the mosque which will be built on the land in lieu of Babri Masjid as mandated by the Supreme Court is likely to be dedicated to Ahmadullah Shah, who had earned the moniker of ‘Awadh’s Lighthouse of Rebellion’ during the first war of independence against the British in 1857.

    As per the sources in IIFC, the foundation was seriously contemplating on the proposal to dedicate the Ayodhya mosque project to the great freedom fighter Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah. Earlier, the trust had taken an in principle decision not to attach the name of any Mughal emperor with the mosque. IICF had reiterated at the launch of the mosque blueprint in December last year that the project would imbibe modernity, break away from the past and mirror the future in true spirit of Islam.