The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, said that we shouldn’t call any disputed structure a mosque. He thinks if we stop using that word people will stop seeing them as mosques. This comes while there are many legal fights about temples and mosques which is making things tense. His comments came up in a public talk and are part of bigger worries about religion and disagreements over who owns what places.
Adityanath also said that building a mosque that hurts other people’s feelings is not okay in Islam. He implied that prayers at these places wouldn’t be accepted by God. He basically stated it’s not Islamic to build a mosque where you’ve upset others, and that God won’t accept those prayers. These comments were also part of the same talk about religion. He did not name any specific places or get into the details of the legal stuff.
This whole thing shows how tough it is for different religions to get along when there are fights over who owns holy sites that are part of politics and society. The Chief Minister’s strong comments given in public on Friday are important because of his position. His comments seem to back up a certain view of disputed places. These legal fights are likely to get even more complicated now with such public comments.