Uttar Pradesh: Prayers at mosque inside Varanasi college spark tensions
Several students protested a large number of devotees offering prayers at the mosque located in Udai Pratap Degree College.
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Tensions prevailed this week at Udai Pratap Degree College in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi as several students protested on Tuesday after a large number of devotees offered prayers at a mosque located inside the campus, The Indian Express reported.
Seven students were also detained and booked by the police during the protests on charges of breaching the peace.
The college has been witnessing unrest surrounding the religious structure inside the campus ever since the violence that broke out in Sambhal on November 24 over a court-ordered survey of another mosque, according to the newspaper.
Following the violence in Sambhal, a notice issued in 2018 by the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board about the mosque inside Udai Pratap Degree College was widely shared on social media, The Indian Express quoted unidentified authorities from the institution as saying.
A waqf is a property dedicated to a religious, educational or charitable cause under Islamic law. In India, waqfs are governed under the Waqf Act. Each state has a waqf board led by a legal entity that is vested with the power to acquire, hold and transfer property.
The 2018 notice, which was addressed to the manager of the college, sought a response from the institution on a demand by a person named Waseem Ahmed. He sought the registration of the...
