Sunni Wakf Board has filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a high court ruling that divided a bitterly-contested religious site between Hindus and Muslims.A lower court in September ordered that the site in Ayodhya -- which has been a flashpoint for deadly inter-religion violence -- would be split, with one third going to Muslims and the rest to Hindus.
"We feel the ruling was based on a number of incorrect assumptions and the board considers it the right and obligation of Indian Muslims to challenge the judgment," Zafaryab Jeelani, a lawyer for the Sunni Wakf Board, told AFP.
The petition said the Muslims would not surrender their claim over the whole site in Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh.
Under the September ruling, Hindus would control the spot where they believe their god Ram was born and where the central dome of the razed mosque stood until 1992.
Hindu groups have also appealed to the Supreme Court to claim the entire site.
Since the destruction of the mosque 18 years ago, the area has been cordoned off with barbed wire and steel fencing and guarded by security forces.
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