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LUCKNOW : 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 Medina in Saudi Arabia to lay the foundation of the new mosque. Foundation Chairman Zufar Farooqui, who also heads the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, said, “I have no knowledge about any such brick from Mecca or Medina.” The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation is the trust formed by the Uttar Pradesh...