Amidst the demand for judicial probe into the demolition of Garib Nawaz Masjid in Barabanki, the local police booked seven people for what it said "resorting to fraud and cheating" to get the mosque registered as a Waqf property.
Refrain from dowry, extravaganza during marriages: AIMPLB s new nikahnama ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 18:14 IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has released a new nikahnama for Muslims which urges them to take a pledge to refrain from dowry and extravaganza during marriages.
The new nikahnama calls upon the members of the community to make marriages simple and refrain from needless rituals and customs, in particular the demand of dowry and other extravagant expenditure .
It calls for stopping the ritual of baarat (the arrival of groom at the wedding venue with lavish procession) and to organize nikah with simplicity in masjids.
The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) recently unveiled the blueprint of a new mosque that is to be built at Dhannipur village in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. While most have welcomed the “futuristic” design, some have expressed discontent over the plan.
The mosque features a sky-lit spherical glass dome, a hospital, a community kitchen, a museum and an Indo-Islamic cultural research center. SM Akhtar, dean of faculty of architecture and ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in Delhi, is the project’s chief architect. Pushpesh Pant, acclaimed food critic and historian will be museum curator.
The mosque will come up on a 5-acre plot of land that was given to Indian Muslims as compensation for the demolition of the 16th century Babri Masjid (mosque) in Ayodhya. The mosque was demolished on Dec 6, 1992, allegedly by right-wing Hindu hardliners who believe that the ancient masjid stood on the birth site of the Hindu deity Ram.
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