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AIIA President threatens to demolish Ayodhya's Ram Mandir?

A day after the foundation stone for the Ram Mandir was laid in Ayodhya, the president of the All India Imam Association has made an explosive and provocative statement. Sajid Rashidi was quoted saying, "Islam says a mosque will always be a mosque. It can't be broken to build something else. We believe it was, and always will be a mosque. Mosque wasn't built after demolishing temple but now maybe temple will be demolished to build a mosque.”

A day after the foundation stone for the Ram Mandir was laid in Ayodhya, the president of the All India Imam Association has made an explosive and provocative statement. Sajid Rashidi was quoted saying, "Islam says a mosque will always be a mosque. It can't be broken to build something else. We believe it was, and always will be a mosque. Mosque wasn't built after demolishing temple but now maybe temple will be demolished to build a mosque.”