NEW DELHI: Amid the row over claims on a mosque in Sambhal and Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s shrine in Ajmer, Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Saturday called for strict enforcement of the Places of Worship Act and urged the courts to reject “malicious petitions” aimed at disturbing communal harmony.
The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind said the Places of Worship Act, 1991, was enacted to curb communal tensions by ensuring the status quo of all religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.
This important legislation was meant to preserve communal harmony and prevent the escalation of various disputes over historical claims to places of worship, it said.
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