The Kerala High Court while hearing the petition today asked whether the land belongs to the government or the Devaswom board. The government has been given 10 days time to respond to this.
A village officer had given the Church time until today to remove the crosses. However, after the intervention of the state government, the revenue department has now stalled the process claiming it to be a matter of 'faith'.
Member of Church of North India (CNI), bishop Warris K Masih brazened out the decision saying the college belongs to them and the teachers have no locus standi in the matter.
A few months ago the Church of South India’s Bishop Thomas K Oommen wrote a scathing letter about the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule and claimed that life is “miserable” under the NDA rule.
Robert Spencer, Director of the Jihad Watch, pointed out many Muslims “believe that the ruins and destruction of non-Muslim structures testify to the truth of Islam.”