- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Indian authorities will launch a major security operation at the ruins of a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya on Sunday (25) when tens of thousands of Hindu monks and religious leaders gather to urge the government to build a new Hindu temple on the disputed site. A militant Hindu mob demolished the centuries-old mosque in 1992, triggering communal riots that killed about 2,000 people across India. As millions of Hindus believe that the mosque stood at the birthplace of Lord Ram, one of their most revered deities, the dispute continues to be at the core of tensions between Hindus and India‘s Muslim minority.…
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