By TCN News,
Chennai: Thousands of people marched in Chennai and Madurai cities of Tamil Nadu on 27th Jan. 2011 protesting against the Sep. 2010 verdict of Allahabad High Court in the title suit of Babri Masjid-Ramjanambhoomi dispute. The High Court, relying on faiths rather than evidences, trifurcated the Masjid land giving one-third to Muslims and two-thirds to Hindus.
To protest against the verdict, the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ) organized two big rallies in front of Madras High Court in Chennai and its Madurai Branch in Madurai. The TNTJ leaders addressed the rallies attended by thousands and thousands of people who had come from across Tamil Nadu and neighboring states including Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra.
The Chennai rally that started at 11.00 am was led by TNTJ general secretary M. Abdul Hameed while TNTJ founder P. Jainul Abideen delivered the speech. In Madurai the rally started at the same time. It was led by TNTJ governing body chief Mr. Shamshul Zuha Rahmani and TNTJ state precedent P. M. Althafi delivered the main speech.
At the Chennai rally, Mr. P. Jainul Abideen speaking to media, said: “Indian Muslim community strongly condemns this (Babri Masjid title suit) verdict which violated laws and standards… We request the Supreme Court to use its special authority to voluntarily review this injustice.”
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“Babri Masjid case, a dispute about to whom the Babri Masjid land belongs to, which was pending for the past 6 decades in the Allahabad High Court, for which, verdict has been delivered. The whole Islamic community feels that this verdict is against the international standards and against Indian Property Rights law. Secularist think tanks also strongly condemned the judgement,” he said.
“Judges have noted that Rama was born at the place where the masjid was stood. There are no such provisions in the judicial process of Property Rights Act to decide like that. Even if someone born at a place, there is no such judicial precedent, neither in Indian Judicial system nor in any other country, that guarantees the ownership of the birth place.”
“There is no law, neither in India nor abroad, to decide the ownership based on the archaeological findings. Honorable Judges have violated the judicial process. There are no laws in Indian Property Rights Act, to conclude who demolished the building the based on the archaeological findings. Honorable Judges have violated the judicial process here as well. ”
“It is not the duty of the honorable judges to conclude that whether Ram temple existed or not, and they did. Honorable Judges do not have the rights to hypothetically conclude that Babar demolished the Ram Temple. Court has to look at the ownership documents, and they do not seem to have cared about that. Who has been enjoying the property has to be taken into consideration on the verdict. It is a well known fact that Muslims have been enjoying the property for about 450 years from 1528AD. This fact has not been factored into the verdict.”
“It is a well know fact that it was a masjid until 1992 and it was demolished in 1992. But claiming that there was no masjid is a clear violation of laws of any standard. If the masjid was not demolished, would they order the masjid to be demolished?”
“We respect the courts because they deliver justice, not for the individuals. Indian and International Muslim community strongly condemns this verdict which violated laws and standards,” he said.
As many as 15 districts surrounding Chennai attended the rally in the state capital. Thousands of Muslims surrounded the high court in Chennai, the roads were blocked and thousands of vehicles were parked all over the city.
The Transport union of the state had called for strike yesterday, yet it had little effect on the rallies.