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"We will observe coming Monday as black day to protest the demolition of Babri Masjid by BJP and VHP activists and demand its reconstruction at the same site," Babri Masjid Action Committee Chairman Mohammad Yunus Siddiqui told PTI.
Black flags will be hoisted on Mosques, houses and other buildings belonging to Muslims to mark the day, he said.
Accusing the successive governments both at the Centre and in the state of shielding the accused in the demolition case, Siddiqui said, "Different governments in Delhi as well as in the state have saved the accused at every level."
"Even the Congress government is ignoring implementation of Liberhan Commission report which goes against Lal Krishna Advani and other senior BJP leaders," he alleged.
Siddiqui said the Babri Masjid Action Committee has passed a resolution asking the Congress-led government at the Centre to fulfil the promise made by former Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao to rebuild Babri Masjid at the same site.
Meanwhile, the Indian Union Muslim League has announced a peaceful protest march in Ayodhya against the demolition on Monday.
"We will peacefully demand the re-construction of Babri Masjid and protest the demolition, the state vice president of Muslim League Dr Najmul Hasan Ghani said.
The Babri Mosque (Hindi: बाबरी मस्जिद, Urdu: بابری مسجد, translation: Mosque of Babur), was a mosque in Ayodhya, a city in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, on Ramkot Hill ("Rama's fort"). It was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, despite a commitment to the Indian Supreme Court by the rally organisers that the mosque would not be harmed.[2][2][3] More than 2,000 people were killed in ensuing riots in many major cities in India including Mumbai and Delhi.[4]
The mosque was constructed in 1527 by order of Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India and was named after him. Before the 1940s, the mosque was also called Masjid-i-Janmasthan (Hindi: मस्जिद ए जन्मस्थान, Urdu: مسجدِ جنمستھان, translation: "mosque of the birthplace"). The Babri Mosque was one of the largest mosques in Uttar Pradesh, a state in India with some 31 million Muslims. Although there were several older mosques in the surrounding district, including the Hazrat Bal Mosque constructed by the Shariqi kings, the Babri Mosque became the largest, due to the importance of the disputed site. Numerous petitions by Hindus to the courts resulted in Hindu worshippers of Rama gaining access to the site.
The political, historical and socio-religious debate over the history and location of the Babri Mosque and whether a previous temple was demolished or modified to create it, is known as the Ayodhya Debate
At noon, a teenage Kar Sevak was "vaulted" on to the dome and that signaled the breaking of the outer cordon. The report notes that at this time Advani, Joshi and Vijay Raje Scindia made "feeble requests to the Kar Sevaks to come down... either in earnest or for the media's benefit". No appeal was made to the Kar Sevaks not to enter the sanctum sanctorum or not to demolish the structure. The report notes: "This selected act of the leaders itself speaks of the hidden intentions of one and all being to accomplish demolition of the disputed structure."
The report holds that the "icons of the movement present at the Ram Katha Kunj... could just as easily have... prevented the demolition."
Today Muslims in Uttar Pradesh to observe December 6 as black day.
Muslims in Ayodhya and Faizabad will observe December 6 as black day to protest the demolition of Babri Masjid on its 18th anniversary.
"We will observe coming Monday as black day to protest the demolition of Babri Masjid by BJP and VHP activists and demand its reconstruction at the same site," Babri Masjid Action Committee Chairman Mohammad Yunus Siddiqui told PTI.
Black flags will be hoisted on Mosques, houses and other buildings belonging to Muslims to mark the day, he said.
Accusing the successive governments both at the Centre and in the state of shielding the accused in the demolition case, Siddiqui said, "Different governments in Delhi as well as in the state have saved the accused at every level."
"Even the Congress government is ignoring implementation of Liberhan Commission report which goes against Lal Krishna Advani and other senior BJP leaders," he alleged.
Siddiqui said the Babri Masjid Action Committee has passed a resolution asking the Congress-led government at the Centre to fulfil the promise made by former Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao to rebuild Babri Masjid at the same site.
Meanwhile, the Indian Union Muslim League has announced a peaceful protest march in Ayodhya against the demolition on Monday.
"We will peacefully demand the re-construction of Babri Masjid and protest the demolition, the state vice president of Muslim League Dr Najmul Hasan Ghani said.
The Babri Mosque (Hindi: बाबरी मस्जिद, Urdu: بابری مسجد, translation: Mosque of Babur), was a mosque in Ayodhya, a city in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, on Ramkot Hill ("Rama's fort"). It was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, despite a commitment to the Indian Supreme Court by the rally organisers that the mosque would not be harmed.[2][2][3] More than 2,000 people were killed in ensuing riots in many major cities in India including Mumbai and Delhi.[4]
The mosque was constructed in 1527 by order of Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India and was named after him. Before the 1940s, the mosque was also called Masjid-i-Janmasthan (Hindi: मस्जिद ए जन्मस्थान, Urdu: مسجدِ جنمستھان, translation: "mosque of the birthplace"). The Babri Mosque was one of the largest mosques in Uttar Pradesh, a state in India with some 31 million Muslims. Although there were several older mosques in the surrounding district, including the Hazrat Bal Mosque constructed by the Shariqi kings, the Babri Mosque became the largest, due to the importance of the disputed site. Numerous petitions by Hindus to the courts resulted in Hindu worshippers of Rama gaining access to the site.
The political, historical and socio-religious debate over the history and location of the Babri Mosque and whether a previous temple was demolished or modified to create it, is known as the Ayodhya Debate
Demolition
Main article: Demolition of Babri Masjid
On 6 December 1992, LK Advani and others met at Vinay Katiyar's residence. They then proceeded to the disputed structure, the report says. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Katiyar reached the puja platform where symbolic Kar Seva was to be performed, and Advani and Joshi checked arrangements for the next 20 minutes. The two senior leaders then moved 200 metre away to the Ram Katha Kunj. This was a building facing the disputed structure where a dais had been erected for senior leaders.At noon, a teenage Kar Sevak was "vaulted" on to the dome and that signaled the breaking of the outer cordon. The report notes that at this time Advani, Joshi and Vijay Raje Scindia made "feeble requests to the Kar Sevaks to come down... either in earnest or for the media's benefit". No appeal was made to the Kar Sevaks not to enter the sanctum sanctorum or not to demolish the structure. The report notes: "This selected act of the leaders itself speaks of the hidden intentions of one and all being to accomplish demolition of the disputed structure."
The report holds that the "icons of the movement present at the Ram Katha Kunj... could just as easily have... prevented the demolition."
Demolition planned in advance
In a 2005 book former Intelligence Bureau (IB) Joint Director Maloy Krishna Dhar claimed that Babri Masjid demolition was planned 10 months in advance by top leaders of RSS, BJP and VHP and raised questions over the way the then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, had handled the issue. Dhar claimed that he was directed to arrange the coverage of a key meeting of the BJP/Sangh Parivar and that the meeting "proved beyond doubt that they (RSS, BJP, VHP) had drawn up the blueprint of the Hindutva assault in the coming months and choreographed the ‘pralaya nritya’ (dance of destruction) at Ayodhya in December 1992... The RSS, BJP, VHP and the Bajrang Dal leaders present in the meeting amply agreed to work in a well-orchestrated manner." Claiming that the tapes of the meeting were personally handed over by him to his boss, he asserts that he has no doubts that his boss had shared the contents with the Prime Minister (Rao) and the Home Minister (S B Chavan). The author claimed that there was silent agreement that Ayodhya offered "a unique opportunity to take the Hindutva wave to the peak for deriving political benefitLiberhan Commission findings
Main article: Liberhan Commission Findings
A 2009 report, authored by Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, blamed 68 people for the demolition of the mosque - mostly leaders from the BJP and a few bureaucrats. Among those named in the report were AB Vajpayee, the former BJP prime minister, and LK Advani, the party's then (2009) leader in parliament. Kalyan Singh, who was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh during the mosque’s demolition, has also come in for harsh criticism in the report. He is accused of posting bureaucrats and police officers who would stay silent during the mosque’s demolition in Ayodhya.[27] Former Education Minister in NDA Government Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi have also been found culpable in the demolition in the Liberhan Commissions' Report. Anju Gupta, an Indian police officer appeared as a prosecution witness. She was in charge of Advani's security on the day of the demolition and she revealed that Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi made inflammatory speeches. 
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