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'Muslims will also disobey court orders on Babri issue'

The Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid has added a new dimension to the contentious Babri masjid-Ram temple issue by cautioning that if Hindus refused to obey court orders it would be difficult to make Muslims adhere to the same.

"It will be difficult to convince Muslims to obey court orders. Even I will not be able to convince them," Imam told a congregation after Friday prayers at the sprawling Jama Masjid complex in the walled city.

Charging the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other Sangh Parivar outfits of 'playing dirty and heinous games and stoking communal frenzy', he said Muslims have so far confined the Ayodhya issue to a 'fight' with the government and avoided any confrontation with Hindus at large.

"But if you keep throwing tantrums at us, we are ready to accept the challenge," he said.

The All India Babri Masjid Re-building Committee on Friday staged a demonstration in Delhi near Parliament to demand reconstruction of the mosque at the original site.

Addressing the demonstrators, speakers, including Subhash Chowdhary, who is a General Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress, asked the government to rebuild the mosque or refer all the cases related to the Ayodhya issue to the Supreme Court for a time-bound and binding solution.

Meanwhile, president of Aalami Roohani Markaz Maulana M A Rabbani told reporters that his organisation would abide by the court verdict 'even if it meant construction of temple at the disputed site'.

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