The Battle over Hindu History

Caleb K — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:40:57 +0000

For years, some Hindus have argued that the 16th century mosque called the Babri Masjid stood where a muslim mosque stood. Well not any more. On 1992 on a december day a Hindu party BJP broke some 200,000 people into a rioting state of mind “Shouting “Death to the Muslims!” the mob attacked Babur’s mosque with sledgehammers. In the riots that followed, over a thousand people lost their lives, and many more died in reactive riots that broke out elsewhere in India. On the site today, nothing but vandalized ruins remains, and, in a dark corner of the large, empty space, a small shrine with a couple of oleograph pictures of Rama, where a Hindu priest performs a perfunctory ritual. Whether or not there ever was a Hindu temple there before, there is a temple, however makeshift, there now.” The conflict in india over Hinduism and Muslim beliefs are great. To go to this article click here. To go to another cool article about Hindu conflict in India click here.

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The Battle over Hindu History