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Bewildering Verdict, says Arab News. Suggests, time for Indian
Muslims to move on
Friday, October 01, 2010 10:24:08 PM,
ummid.com Staff Reporter
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Malegaon:
Stating that the Allahabad High Court has shied away from settling
a sensitive dispute, Arab News, the leading Saudi Arabian
daily, in its editorial terms the Ayodhya judgment as a
bewildering verdict. It, however, advised the Indian Muslims to
refrain from any emotional response and suggested, it is time for
them to move on.
"After an interminable wait of nearly 60 years that took India to
the brink and back with thousands of innocent lives being lost,
most of them Muslims, the 2-1 verdict has been disappointing and
bit of a damp squib", the leading Saudi English daily wrote in its
editorial.
"It has not just shocked the
Muslims, the aggrieved party in this case with idols being placed
in the Babri Mosque in 1949 and its demolition in 1992, but it has
also surprised many legal luminaries", it added.
"The division of the land into three parts — two for Hindus, one
for Muslims — and the conclusions drawn by the court are
bewildering, to say the least", the paper wrote.
"Giving the Hindus control over the
section where the now demolished mosque stood may give the
impression to those who worked for the destruction of the mosque
that they were after all justified in their actions", it said.
"While it is too early to go into
the finer points of the judgment, which is certain to be
challenged in the Supreme Court, you can’t help feeling that the
judges were anxious not to be seen offending any side, especially
the forces that have held the country to ransom for years over the
issue", it said.
"Perhaps it’s time for India’s Muslims to move on.... They must
not give another excuse to the Hindu extremists to rally
themselves around another Muslim-bashing cause..... Any emotional
response to the Ayodhya verdict could only give RSS-BJP-VHP
combine a new lease of life", it said.
"In this connection, the statement
of the Sunni Wakf Board that they are open to any negotiated
settlement on the issue is to be welcomed", the paper said.
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