{"id":54168,"date":"2018-09-27T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54168"},"modified":"2018-09-27T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:19:36","slug":"ayodhya-verdict-is-mosque-essential-to-islam-sc-to-decide-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ayodhya-verdict-is-mosque-essential-to-islam-sc-to-decide-today","title":{"rendered":"Ayodhya Verdict: Is Mosque Essential To Islam? SC to decide today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" data-attachment-id=\"54169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ayodhya-verdict-is-mosque-essential-to-islam-sc-to-decide-today\/namaz-pti-1538015859\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/namaz-pti-1538015859.jpg?fit=715%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"715,431\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"namaz-pti-1538015859\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/namaz-pti-1538015859.jpg?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/namaz-pti-1538015859.jpg?fit=640%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/namaz-pti-1538015859.jpg?resize=640%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/namaz-pti-1538015859.jpg?w=715&amp;ssl=1 715w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/namaz-pti-1538015859.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/namaz-pti-1538015859.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0Is namaz in mosque essential to Islam?\u00a0The Supreme Court is likely to announce a verdict which could have an impact on the long-pending contentious issue of Ram temple on Ayodhya today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court in its 1994 Ismail Faruqui judgment said that mosque did not constitute an essential part of Islam.\u00a0In 1994, the Supreme Court said that namaz\u00a0could be offered anywhere and that a mosque was not necessary for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The apex court is hearing appeals against the Allahabad High Court verdict of 2010, which had ordered a three-way partition of the disputed land between Muslims, Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara (a Hindu group).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision of the Allahabad High Court which divided the land into three parts has been challenged in the Supreme Court by Hindus and Muslims.\u00a0The Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque was destroyed in 1992 by lakhs of karsewaks or right-wing volunteers\u00a0\u00a0in order to erect a temple to Lord Ram, who they said, had been born right there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI:\u00a0Is namaz in mosque essential to Islam?\u00a0The Supreme Court is likely to announce a verdict which could have an impact on the long-pending contentious issue of Ram temple on Ayodhya today. 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