Mosque Trust releases logo, team visits Ayodhya village

AYODHYA: The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, the Trust formed by Sunni Waqf Board for construction of an alternate mosque in Ayodhya in lieu of Babri masjid, on Saturday released its official logo, which is an octagram, represented by two overlapping squares.
Talking to TOI, secretary of mosque trust, Athar Hussain, said, the logo is an Islamic symbol — Rub el Hizb.“In Arabic, ‘Rub’ means one fourth, while Hizb means a group or party. It’s system for memorising and facilitating recitation of the Quran, which is divided into 60 hizbs. The symbol is used as a marker for a chapter in Arabic calligraphy,” said Hussain.
The secretary and members of the Trust visited Dhannipur on Saturday to inspect the topography of the five acres of land, which was handed over to the district administration in first week of August.
The delegation comprising secretary, Athar Hussain, and trustee Imran Ahmad Shibli met local clerics and members of Muslim community in Dhannipur and adjoining villages. Shadaab Khan, a villager, told TOI that villagers assured the delegation of support and cooperation in building the mosque and other public-utility facilities.
The Trust will be building a mosque along with a multi-speciality hospital, a community kitchen and a library on the land. The Trust has already announced that the mosque will not be in the name of Babar and other facilities will be open to people of all communities.
The delegation also visited an ancient Jain temple adjoining Dhannipur — Sri Jain Swetambara Mandir Raunahi Ratnapuri of the 15th Tirthankara. Temple priest Chandrashekhar Tiwari, who hosted the Trust members told TOI that the temple dates back 2,500 years of the Samprati period.