ISLAMABAD – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly reactsover the Controversial Babri Mosque verict and deadly protests in India.
OIC has expressed concerns over the wave of deadly protests in Indiaagainst a newly-enacted anti-Muslim citizenship law and the controversialBabri Mosque verdict.
At least 25 people have died in 10 days of demonstrations and violenceafter the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government passed the law.
“The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation hasbeen closely following recent developments affecting Muslim minority inIndia,” the world Muslim body said in a statement on Sunday.
“It expresses its concern over the recent developments pertaining to boththe issue of citizenship rights and the Babri Masjid case,” the statementadded.
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India’s Supreme Court in November 9 rulinglinkclearedthe way on for a Hindu temple to be constructed at a hotly disputed holysite, in a huge victory for Hindu nationalists led by PM Modi.
The top Indian court had ruled that the site in Ayodhya in northern India,where Hindu mobs destroyed a 460-year-old mosque in 1992, must be handedover to a trust to oversee the construction of a Hindu temple.
OIC in its statement reiterated call to ensure the safety of the Muslimminority and the protection of Islamic holy places in India.
