The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, set up for construction of a mosque at Dhannipur village in Ayodhya, has distanced itself from claims by a member of the same foundation that a "sacred" brick has been brought from Mecca and .
A special ‘sacred’ brick, made of black soil and bearing ‘<em>aayats</em>’ (couplets from the holy Quran) in gold would be brought all the way from Mecca to lay the foundation of the Ayodhya mosque, to be named after Mohammed Bin Abdullah.
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The Allahabad High Court is likely to hear a plea filed by the mosque committee of Gyanvapi Masjid on Friday, challenging the order of the district judge of Varanasi.