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| Alert over Ayodhya mosque ruling |
| 2010-09-24 |
| A RULING on whether Hindus or Muslims own land around a controversial demolished mosque has been delayed by order of India's Supreme Court. It told a lower court in the north of the country to defer its verdict for fear it could spark widespread sectarian rioting. The move comes as a relief for the government, which already has its hands full dealing with a separatist rebellion in Kashmir and is rushing against the clock to set right preparations for the Commonwealth Games. The decades-old case over the 16th century Babri mosque in Uttar Pradesh is one of the biggest security challenges in India this year, along with a Maoist insurgency and a Kashmiri rebellion, prime minister Manmohan Singh has said. Hindu mobs demolished the mosque in the town of Ayodhya in 1992, claiming it was built on the birthplace of their god-king Rama. The demolition triggered the worst religious riots since partition in 1947, claiming the lives of an estimated 2,000 people. But the Supreme Court prevented the lower court from delivering its judgment scheduled for today and it is now unclear when the ruling will eventually be published |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #1 Sounds like the Indians have been around the Muslims long enought to know how to deal with them. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2010-09-24 20:38 |