{"id":51466,"date":"2024-01-23T15:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/oic-denounces-opening-of-ram-mandir-on-site-of-demolished-babri-masjid-in-indias-ayodhya\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:41:06","slug":"oic-denounces-opening-of-ram-mandir-on-site-of-demolished-babri-masjid-in-indias-ayodhya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/oic-denounces-opening-of-ram-mandir-on-site-of-demolished-babri-masjid-in-indias-ayodhya\/","title":{"rendered":"OIC denounces opening of Ram Mandir on site of demolished Babri Masjid in India\u2019s Ayodhya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday denounced the construction and inauguration of the \u2018Ram Mandir\u2019 built on the site of the five-century-old Babri Masjid in India\u2019s Ayodhya.<\/p>\n<p>At a grand event attended by some seven thousand guests a day earlier, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrated the idol of Lord Ram at the new temple built on the site where the Babri Masjid stood for centuries before it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1097857\">demolished<\/a> by a Hindutva mob in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>The demolition had triggered the worst religious riots in India since independence \u2014 killing 2,000 people, most of them Muslims \u2014 and shook the foundations of the country\u2019s officially secular political order.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1515834\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But for Modi\u2019s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the opening of the Ram Mandir was a landmark moment in a decades-long campaign to align the country\u2019s governance with its majority faith.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan condemned the grand celebrations and described the temple\u2019s inauguration as a \u201csymbol of growing majoritarianism and an affront to the Muslim community in India\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The developments of the last 31 years in India, leading to the consecration ceremony, are \u201cindicative of growing majoritarianism in India\u201d, the Foreign Office (FO) had said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the new temple \u201ca blot on the face of India\u2019s democracy\u201d, the FO had also expressed concerns over the future of other mosques in the country, including the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi and the Shahi Eidgah Mosque in Mathura that are also facing threats of desecration and destruction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1807881\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The inauguration was also met with criticism in India, levelled by opposition parties over turning the event into a grand spectacle and the \u201cstate-sponsored assault\u201d on the pan-India peace march headed by Congress\u2019 Rahul Gandhi in the BJP-ruled Assam state.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release issued today, the OIC \u2014 a 57-member bloc of Muslim countries \u2014 expressed \u201cgrave worry\u201d over the construction and inauguration of the temple at the site of the razed Babri Masjid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with the OIC position expressed by the Council of Foreign Ministers in its previous sessions, the General Secretariat denounces these actions aimed at obliterating the Islamic landmarks represented by the Babri Mosque, which has stood tall in the exact location for five centuries,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"hindus-throng-ram-temple-as-it-opens-for-public\" href=\"#hindus-throng-ram-temple-as-it-opens-for-public\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Hindus throng Ram temple as it opens for public<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Ayodhya, tens of thousands of Hindus braved biting cold to pray at the new temple \u2014 a site believed to be the god-king\u2019s birthplace.<\/p>\n<p>Hindu groups, the BJP and its affiliates have portrayed the opening as part of a Hindu renaissance after past centuries of subjugation by Muslim invaders and colonial powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was adamant about this \u2026 I will only leave after I have seen my Lord Ram,\u201d one of the visitors, Guddu Shukla, who queued at the temple gate at 4am in temperatures of about 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit), told news agency <em>ANI<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He was among more than 50,000 devotees who lined up before dawn today to enter the temple, among some 200,000 who arrived in the city after the consecration, said a government official, Murli Dhar Singh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevotees inside are hugging the temple walls and crying,\u201d said another worshipper from central India, who did not give his name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are a true follower of Hindu tradition, you\u2019ll have tears in your eyes, because that idol represents the 500-year long struggle,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Police on social media urged people to stay away from the temple area because of the large crowds there and diversions on the route.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday denounced the construction and 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