Court, Babri Masjid and Faith

By

Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi

Finally, Allahabad High Court has pronounced the verdict in long awaited Babri Masjid title suite case.

Instead to resolve the conflict and gives the justice to the victims, this verdict complicated the case more and raised other questions rather paves a way for true justice.

It would be a true justice, if the land of Masjid to be returned to Muslims who are the real owner of this land and the punishment to be pronounced for those who acted this criminal act, but it didn't happen so.

It was not asked the Court to divide the land, but was asked to clarify the ownership of the land. Instead to be clarified and ending the case in favour of its real owner, the Court divided the land into three parts.

The main question raised by various scholars is that how the court reached to the point which confirms the birthplace of Ram while there are other groups of Hindus who claim that it is not a specific birthplace of Ram.

This verdict which is based on faith and beliefs, I think, it will create big problems in the future for Muslims and others also.

Interestingly, that someone place idols inside the Masjid overnight, then their leaders start a movement in the name of religion to build a temple there claiming that Ram Lalla has appeared there, supported by administration and court on every step, one day Court gives its verdict in their favour because Hindus believe it, so what would be happened if Hindtuva leaders claim about every Masjid and about every institution in future and use same model played by them in Babri Masjid case.

If any court begins to pronounce verdicts according to faith, all Masjids, religious places and all institutions of Muslims will turn into temple and their captivity will be prevailed because court can confirm it on the base of faith, as we have seen in this case.

Then such cases will become an easy weapon for Hindutva organizations to take over of very Masjid and of every historical place of Muslims.

This kind of verdict can become a cancer for Muslim community in future.

Current Court’s verdict forced us to explore our minds to think of all the positive aspects for a better future.

This verdict may accepted by Muslims as a whole and they never think to approach Supreme Court, if it was given on the base of the evidences presented before the Court. But the judgment has been made in the sense in which it is not easy to say that such kind of verdict will not take place in the future if same incident is being framed about other Masjids.

In all situations, approaching Supreme Court is very necessary in order to be clear the real issue, though there is too little hope that Muslims will get the justice from Supreme Court too, if Supreme Court rejects the verdict taken on the base of faith, so I think that it will be a great victory for Muslims.

Looking towards the past, there is too little hope of success for Muslims in this case. But this issue or any other issue should not be leaved very easily, as some Muslim scholars are advising Muslims to surrender this land to those Hindutva organizations which are a threat for integration and unification of the country.

This Court’s verdict is a wake up call for Muslims that fight to get justice is not an easy step in current India.

In the light of this Court’s judgment, it is a clear indication for Muslims that only relying on Court cannot bring any ray of hope for them.

It is the need of the hour that Muslim leadership and Muslim political parties concentrate on all aspects and on those political ways can help them in getting a better place in the society where they do not feel that they have betrayed or they cannot get justice.

05-10-2010