Close the Ayodhya Chapter: Urdu press-Oct 03, 2010

Close the Ayodhya Chapter: Urdu press

Marya Shakil , CNN-IBN

Posted on Oct 03, 2010 at 09:17 | Updated Oct 03, 2010 at 11:53




New Delhi: The verdict on Ayodhya has invited a mixed reactions from the Muslim community in India - with most of them appealing to the community to move on and close the Ayodhya chapter. A section of the Urdu press has called it 'a victory of faith' and some say the verdict was 'along expected lines'.


Here's a special report on how the verdict was reported by the Urdu Press.


The editor of the Urdu weekly, 'Nayi Duniya' Shahid Siddiqui reads an editorial in one of the current issue of the newspaper - the headline asks "Is it the dawn of a new era or a beginning of a war"?






"We have faith in judiciary. We can not let community to be desperate. We appeal to Muslims to be peaceful. Hindu-Muslim peace is more important that any place of worship and there is nothing more precious that human life," said Shahid Siddiqui.


Hashim Ansari, the oldest living petitioner in the case appeals for peace. The newspaper quotes him saying "let's not lose Ayodhya though we have lost the Babri mosque"


A day after the Ayodhya verdict, most of the Urdu newspapers called it a victory of faith.


Urdu newspapers also carried the statements of Muslim religious leaders saying "the verdict should be respected, the final battle would be in the Supreme Court".


"We carried appeals to maintain peace," said 'Siasat' newspaper Editor.


The 'Rashtriya Sahara', a prominent Urdu daily carried the Home Minister P Chidambaram's statement as its cover story on Saturday. Several editors say the judgement was along expected lines.


"In these kinds of civil disputes, we see such judgements," said Editor of 'The Hindustan Times' Ahmed Javed.


A section of the Urdu press also says that Muslims should now close the Ayodhya Chapter and not appeal in the Supreme Court.