HC to decide on Delhi admin’s proposal to raze Shahi Masjid

Delhi Development Authority has proposed the demolition of Shahi Masjid and an adjacent madrassa, causing widespread concern among the Muslim community.

According to the DDA, the Delhi government’s Religious Committee has given the go-ahead to demolish the mosque and madrasa since they are located within Central Ridge, a protected



forest area where residential and commercial activity is forbidden.

Shahi Masjid is over a century old, according to the imam, the mosque committee, and members of the Muslim community. “How could it become an intrusion all of a sudden? This is our history,” 60-year-old Mohammad Younus, the mosque committee’s general secretary