Ayodhya: Guardian coverage of the Babri mosque attack
9/30/2010 03:19:00 PM
The dispute over the 16th-century Babri mosque, in Ayodhya, goes back decades. In December 1992, Hindu militants razed the mosque, which is on a disputed religious site in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, triggering clashes with Muslims that left 2,000 people dead and plunged the country into political crisis.
In a Guardian article dated 3 December, Derek Brown describes mounting political tension as Hindu holy men decide whether to press ahead with construction of a temple on the site of the mosque, which they believe to be also the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram. The Indian government is bracing itself for confrontation with Hindu zealots, Brown writes, as it deploys paramilitary forces to protect the 460-year-old Babri Masjid mosque of the Moghul emperor, Babar. "What began as an arcane religious squabble has in recent years become the most intractable dispute in India," he says.
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