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Hindutva Threat to Indian Mosques Grows

17th century edifice in Varanasi faces possible takeover

Feb 21, 2024
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By: Jyoti Malhotra

A provincial court in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency has allowed a makeshift Hindu temple to come up in the cellar of a 17th-century mosque that is fast becoming the face of a new dispute between Hindus and Muslims, as the Babri Masjid did in Ayodhya some 35 years ago, finally giving way to a grand temple to the Hindu god …

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