Three Muslims were killed as clashes erupted in a northern Indian town over a survey of a Mughal-era mosque. A local court recently ordered a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in the Sambhal town of Uttar Pradesh state following a petition claiming the temple stood at the site of the mosque. On Sunday morning, when […]
Ayodhya, India — AFP While for many Hindus in India, the opening of a grand new temple this month was a long-held ambition that materialized, for India’s over 200 million Muslims like Mohammed Shahid, the day will evoke only blood-soaked memories. The shrine in Ayodhya has been built on the ground where an ancient mosque […]
Ayodhya, India – AFP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ayodhya on Saturday to open fresh transport links catering to pilgrims for a new temple on ground where once stood centuries-old Babari Masjid. The shrine to Lord Ram will be formally unveiled next month. Hindu zealots tore down the Masjid in 1992 alleging it had […]
ANKARA (AA) – Indian Muslims vowed to continue their fight for legal rights in the country on the 31st anniversary of the Babri Masjid’s demolition on Wednesday. The 16th-century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was demolished by Hindu hardliners in 1992, triggering violent clashes between Hindus and ...
