The mosque to come up in Ayodhya, pursuant to the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case, may have a
shape that is different from the traditional shape of mosques and will not be
named after any emperor or king.

Secretary and
spokesperson of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) Athar Hussain on
Sunday said the mosque that will come up in Ayodhya may have a different shape. 

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“A mosque measuring 15,000 square
feet will be built in Dhannipur village. It will be of the same size as that of
the Babri mosque. The shape of the mosque may be completely different from that
of other mosques. It may be square-shaped like the Kaaba Sharif in Mecca, as
hinted by architect SM Akhtar,” news agency PTI quoted Hussain as saying.

Hussain said that the mosque at
Dhannipur will possibly have no domes or minarets like the Kaaba Sharif.

“The
mosque will not be named Babri Masjid. It will not be named after any king or
emperor. My opinion is that it should be called the Dhannipur
Masjid,” Hussain said.

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He also
informed that the trust is making its portal so that people can donate for the
mosque and the museum, hospital and research centre, which will be built inside
the complex. Write-ups by national and international Islamic scholars will also
appear on the portal.

He said some
work on the portal is yet to be completed and hence, donation is yet to begin.

The Uttar
Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board has formed the IICF, a trust, for the
construction of the mosque on a five-acre plot.

The state
government has allotted the five-acre plot in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur for the
construction of the mosque on the directive of the apex court.

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After a
protracted legal tussle, the Supreme Court, on November 9 last year, ruled in
favour of the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and
directed the Centre to allot an alternative five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf
Board for building a new mosque at a “prominent” place in the holy
town in Uttar Pradesh.

The Babri mosque in Ayodhya was
demolished on December 6, 1992 by “karsevaks”, who claimed that an
ancient Ram temple stood at the same site.