Taj Mahal In DangerThe Indian courts do not have a good record of protecting Masjids and the historic Muslim sites. Now, the High Court (Allahabad) has begun the type of proceedings regarding the Taj Mahal, which had resulted in the demolition of the historic Babri Masjid. It has asked the government and the Archaeological Survey of India to look into the claim that the Taj Mahal was built over an ancient Hindu temple. In the Babri Masjid case, the Supreme Court had agreed that there was no evidence that there was a temple on that site but since the petitioners believed that, it granted the masjid to a Hindu leader who replaced it with a Hindu temple. The challenge to the Taj Mahal was earlier dismissed by the Agra courts. Strangely, this new case has been filed on behalf of a deity by that deity’s worshippers. |
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