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The Union govt must abrogate the Places of Worship Act of 1991. Be it Ayodhya or Gyanvapi or Sambhal, any temple forcibly converted into a mosque must be reclaimed.
Islam has absolutely no compunctions in destroying and desecrating the religious premises of other communities and then building mosques on top of them. Prime example being the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
May the honourable apex court be pleased to reiterate the centrality of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 in all such disputes, now that it has passed an order that was generous to the majority community in the Ayodhya case.