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| Attack on mosque in India ignites fears of a larger communal design |
| 2015-08-21 |
| [DAWN] Early on Tuesday, anxiety gripped the town of Faizabad as word spread about a prominent mosque being set afire by unidentified miscreants the previous night. A part of the Madani Masjid, located in Faizabad's Mughalpura locality, was gutted in the attack. The mosque houses a madrasa and the local office of Jamat-e-Ulema Hind, a national organization of Moslem holy mans. According to the First Information Report registered on August 18, the attack occurred around 11.30 pm on August 17. "Bottles full of petrol were thrown inside the mosque which was then set on fire," the FIR said. "One portion of the mosque that housed religious texts and books of madrasa was completely burnt down." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Perhaps the building was 'over-insured' and someone needed the cash? What did they used to call that type of occurance? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2015-08-21 17:44 |
| #4 The article doesn't mention if it's a part of the on-going discussion of who's gonna be prayer leader. |
| Posted by: Fred 2015-08-21 12:21 |
| #3 The grenades, ammo, and explosive belts were stored in a bunker under the floor of the 10,375,666th holiest place in Islam. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-08-21 12:11 |
| #2 good thing it didn't spread to the |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-08-21 10:27 |
| #1 course I am thinking "prominent mosque" - architectural gem, major historical significance, and it's the usual hole in the wall. Like some crack house was a historic building... |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2015-08-21 03:11 |