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Tens of thousands in India demand rebuilding of Hindu temple [on former mosque site]
Associated Press ^ | November 25, 2018 | Biswajeet Banerjee

Posted on 11/25/2018 5:53:29 AM PST by Olog-hai

Tens of thousands of Hindus gathered in northern India on Sunday renewing calls to build a Hindu temple on a site where a 16th century mosque was attacked and demolished by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, sparking deadly Hindu-Muslim violence. […]

Security was stepped up for the rally, with thousands of police and paramilitary forces deployed in and around Ayodhya, a town 550 kilometers (350 miles) east of New Delhi, to prevent any attacks on Muslims, who comprise 6 percent of the town’s more than 55,500 people.

The gathering brought Hindu holy men and activists to the town where the Hindu god Ram was believed to have been born. […]

Hindu fundamentalists with pickaxes and crowbars razed the 16th century Babri Mosque to the ground in December 1992.

Hindu groups say the mosque was built after a temple dedicated to Ram was destroyed by Muslim invaders.

The destruction of the mosque sparked riots across India that left at least 2,000 people dead. Thousands more died in later violence caused by disputes over the site. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: ayodhya; babrimosque; india; rop

1 posted on 11/25/2018 5:53:29 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

A dose of their own medicine.


2 posted on 11/25/2018 5:56:55 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Olog-hai

Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. Just do it.


3 posted on 11/25/2018 6:03:47 AM PST by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: Olog-hai

If the Kaaba in Mecca got torn down what should go in it’s place? A nuclear waste dump? A porn palace?


4 posted on 11/25/2018 6:30:22 AM PST by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong)
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To: Olog-hai

Let’s compromise, and build a Christian church.


5 posted on 11/25/2018 6:30:28 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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Good for them


6 posted on 11/25/2018 6:30:53 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Hindus would not go for that one bit.


7 posted on 11/25/2018 6:32:01 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Do it!


8 posted on 11/25/2018 6:32:47 AM PST by null and void (Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
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To: Nateman
If the Kaaba in Mecca got torn down what should go in it’s place? A nuclear waste dump? A porn palace?

We will find
sooner or later
if Achmed'll pray
to a glowing crater

9 posted on 11/25/2018 6:34:04 AM PST by null and void (Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
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To: Nateman

A hog farm and slaughter house so all the blood and fat can seep into the ground..


10 posted on 11/25/2018 7:01:52 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Pearls Before Swine

According to Will Durant, the Muslim invasion of India was the most brutal and deadly genocide in the history of the world.

No one should be surprised Hindus have not forgotten.


11 posted on 11/25/2018 7:29:47 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Olog-hai

There’s those Muslims again. The seem to be at war with everyone.


12 posted on 11/25/2018 7:32:02 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
A hog farm and slaughter house so all the blood and fat can seep into the ground..


13 posted on 11/25/2018 7:32:56 AM PST by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong)
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To: PGR88

Yes, 80 million of the 270 million dead from Muslim jihad in the last 1,400 years were from India. No country has suffered more under jihad than India.


14 posted on 11/25/2018 9:40:02 AM PST by zipper (In their heart of hearts, every Democrat is a communist)
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To: PGR88

“No one should be surprised Hindus have not forgotten.”

Neither the Hindu nor the Sikh have forgotten. The hatred is in their DNA.


15 posted on 11/25/2018 10:09:21 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: Olog-hai

What ofcourse the article does not tell you is that the mosque is built on the remenants of a Hindu temple that the Muslims demolished. Little details.


16 posted on 11/25/2018 11:00:25 AM PST by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
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