Varanasi: Concerns in several quarters of the local Muslim community on the security and safety of the Gyanvapi Mosque, which is located next to Kashi Vishwanath’s temple, which seems to disappear with the opening of the Grand Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
When the opening ceremony is underway on Monday, local Muslims offer Namaz at the Gyanvapi mosque in a peaceful environment.
“It is true that at the beginning of the construction of Kashi Vishwanath Dham, there are some concerns between us regarding the security of the Gyanvapi mosque.
But now all doubts have gone …
There is no worries now and we are quite confident about the security of the mosque,” SM Yaseen from Anjuman Intezamiya Masarid, a Gyanvapi Mosque Administration Agency, told TI on Tuesday.
Before the construction of the corridor began, Yaseen gave a statement in the media that expressed fear of the safety of the mosque.
“At that time the situation was very different because we did not have a clear picture of this project.
But our doubts begin to disappear with the progress of the project transparently,” Yaseen said.
“We wholeheartedly welcome the construction of Kashi Vishwanath Dham because the best thing that happens is that both Hinduism and Muslims get comfort,” he added that it had previously been a narrow path that led to the temple and the worshipers had to stand in the queue.
Now there will be no such problems.
“There is a fixed time to offer Namaz at the mosque.
We used to feel very bad at the time when worshipers would be stopped and Muslims were allowed to go to the mosque because the only way there was there.
In such a situation, the hearts of the worshipers stand up In the queue for hours must be hurt.
But now it will not happen, “he said, adding that Muslims were both happy with the construction of Kashi Vishwanath Dham.
Regarding the land dispute between the Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Yaseen said that it was not a matter of great concern, because things like that happened in the community.
“The problem is in court, and we fight with this case.
But that does not mean that it will damage the unique communal harmony of Kashi,” argued.
Recently, the High Court of Allahabad on September 9 Stayed to the command of Varanasi Court dated April 8, 2021, which had directed an Indian archaeological survey (ASI) to ‘conduct a comprehensive physical survey’ from Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT) Masjid-Wyanvapi complex processes and further than this case.
Civil Judge (Senior Division), Fast Court (FTC) Varanasi on April 8, 2021, has directed ASI to conduct a KVT-Gyanvapi Mosque complex survey to find out whether a temple was destroyed to build a mosque that stands close to the temple.
In two separate petitions, riding the Sunni Central Waqf board and Anjuman Insezamia Mosque, Varanasi challenged the command of the Varanasi Court in the High Court.