An employee of the Lucknow University’s Faculty of Law, has become the first person – outside of the board of trustees – to contribute to the construction of a mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, which will be built on a five-acre plot given to the Muslim community by order of the Supreme Court as part of its landmark judgement in November last year. The donation of ₹ 21,000 – by one Rohit Shrivastava on Saturday – was made to the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), which has been set up by the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board to oversee the building of a complex that will include a mosque, a hospital, a library and an Indo-Islamic cultural research centre, a museum and a community kitchen. “Yesterday was a joyous day for us, when we accepted the first donation outside of trustees, and especially because it came from Lucknow-based Rohit Shrivastava. This act by him has set a perfect example of Lucknow, or Awadh’s, Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb (a reference to the fusion of the Hinduism and Islam),” Athar Hussain, the Secretary of the IICF, was quoted by news agency ANI. Mr Hussain said the donation had also boosted the IICF’s spirit and would go a long … Continue reading Lucknow University staffer first to donate for building of Ayodhiya Mosque