Deoband's Mufti Arshad Farooqui said that there is no idol worship. In Islam, no one is worshiped except Allah. Those who are doing this are against Islam.
Sarfaraz, who is the President of Rashtriya Bunkar Action Committee, said during a debate that if they [Muslims] knew there was a Shivling [at Gyanvapi], they would have demolished and removed it from the premises.