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India-Pakistan
VHP banned from Ayodhya ceremony
2002-03-14
  • India's Supreme Court banned hardline Hindus from holding a controversial religious ceremony in the northern town of Ayodhya, where Hindu zealots razed a 16th century mosque nearly 10 years ago. The ruling was a setback for the militant Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP - World Hindu Council), which has been spearheading a long and volatile campaign to build a temple to the Hindu warrior god Ram on or next to the razed mosque site. The VHP will now be barred from holding a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony in Ayodhya on Friday which had threatened to provoke an outbreak of sectarian violence. "No religious activities of any nature, by anyone ... shall be allowed till further orders," the three-judge court said Wednesday, adding that a further ruling would be made by an expanded five-judge bench in 10 weeks.

    "We would like to see and study the judgement, after that we would like to decide (our next step)," said VHP Secretary General Praveen Togadia.
    What part of "NO!" don't you understand? If the motivation is purely to set off as much violence as possible, then they'll just go ahead and ignore the court. Since that's what the motivation is, betcha that's what they'll do.
    I'm sure it won't do much for the neighborhood, but the Indian government ought to consider building a police station/Army recruiting station on the site of the previous mosque-proposed temple. Something permanent, with ugly architecture, to make everyone equally unhappy.
    Posted by Tom Roberts 3/14/2002 1:14:04 PM
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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