Tag: mosque
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Friday prayers offered at Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi
People gathered for namaz at the Gyanvapi Mosque premises at 1.30 pm and performed it without 'wazu'.
May 20, 2022 -
SC to hear challenge to Gyanvapi mosque survey on Friday, asks Varanasi court to desist from hearing today
Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu plaintiffs before the Varanasi court, gave an undertaking before a bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that 'they will not press for continuing proceedings before the civil court in Varanasi today'.
May 19, 2022 -
Gyanvapi Mosque row: KVT trust chairman demands handover of Shivling to Kashi Vishwanath Temple
The three-day-long court-monitored videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded on Monday.
May 18, 2022 -
Report on videography of Gyanvapi mosque to be delayed
Assistant Advocate Commissioner, Ajay Pratap Singh, told reporters, "As per the orders of the court, the videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex took place from May 14 to May 16 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and its report was to be submitted to the court. However, we are not submitting the report in the court today since it is not yet ready. We will seek additional time from the court, and whatever time the court gives, we will submit it then."
May 17, 2022 -
BJP trying to take our all mosques, Mehbooba on Gyanvapi row
Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the BJP-led government at the centre over the Gyanvapi Mosque row and alleged "they are after all our mosques".
May 16, 2022 -
Police make elaborate security arrangements for Gyanvapi Mosque survey
The police are making efforts to ensure that the people visiting the temple and the mosque don't face inconveniences
May 15, 2022 -
Cleric warns against ‘any damage’ to Gyanvapi mosque
Reacting to BJP leader Sangeet Som's recent remark that "1992 was for Babri and in 2022, is the time to think about Gyanvapi", the cleric said: "Both Hindus and Muslims have been living peacefully together for centuries, but certain divisive forces want to inject hatred to reach their political goals.
May 15, 2022 -
SC refuses to immediately stop Gyanvapi mosque survey, agrees to examine the matter
The Allahabad High Court in its judgement in April had dismissed a petition challenging a Varanasi court's order to appoint an advocate as a Court Commissioner to inspect the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex.
May 13, 2022 -
50 killed in mosque bombing in Afghanistan
IS-K, the Afghan regional affiliate of IS that is violently opposed to the Taliban, has carried out several bombings recently, largely in the eastern part of the country.
October 8, 2021 -
Allahabad HC reserves order on razing of mosque
The district administration razed the mosque on May 17, claiming it to be an 'illegal structure'.
June 16, 2021 -
Process for mosque construction begins in Ayodhya
Zufar Faruqi, chairman of IICF, planted a tamarind sapling and he was joined by other members and local villagers.
January 26, 2021 -
Museum as a signifier
By seeking to change the status of what had originally been the most recognisable symbol of modern Istanbul, a source of wonder and fascination since its sixth-century construction, Erdogan has betrayed his revanchism motivated by a deep-rooted hostility toward the ways of his illustrious predecessor Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
August 11, 2020 -
Row over Yogi Adityanath’s ‘won’t attend’ inauguration of a mosque comments, opposition seeks apology
After the bhoomi pujan for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, Yogi Adityanath had said on television that "as a Yogi and a Hindu" he couldn't go for the inauguration of a mosque.
August 7, 2020 -
Places of Worship
Is the current time one of iconoclasm? Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey inaugurated the occasion of converting the Hagia Sofia Museum of Istanbul into a mosque on Friday, 24 July. The building began life several centuries ago as a Greek pagan cathedral.
August 5, 2020 -
Turkey: Iconic museum Hagia Sophia turned into mosque again
President Erdogan's declaration came after a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Byzantine monument's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque.
July 11, 2020 -
Advisory issued for prayers in mosques in UP
Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, chairman of the Centre, said that people should wait for 15 days before going to mosques.
June 1, 2020 -
Delhi’s Nizamuddin emerges as COVID-19 hotspot after 7 die, 24 test positive, 860 quarantined; mosque sealed
Over 2,000 delegates, including from Indonesia and Malaysia, attended the Tabligh-e-Jamaat congregation in Nizamuddin West from March 13-15, officials said as the south Delhi neighbourhood was virtually sealed following fears that some people may have contracted COVID-19.
March 31, 2020