[neverdem]

Adeel Halim/Reuters
Indian police officers guarded the Ayodhya temple after the attack.

[razoroccam]

This can be interesting. A Sikh Prime Minister, a Muslim President, and a Christian head of Congress protecting "Hindu" shrines. If they fail, the consequences can be bad for Indian "secularism".

[siunevada]

neither their identities, nor their motives has been established.

Yeah. Their motives. There's a big mystery.

[jb6]

No, not Islam! Why it's the Religion of Pieces! After what they did to Joseph's Tomb, anything is possible from these animals.

[sandydipper]

It's the inherent view of the less fortunate that their plight is your fault.

[dervish]

Indian Ping!

So what did the NY Times get wrong?

[RightWhale]

It will stay domestic. It doesn't go international until the Legislature itself is attacked.

[popdonnelly]

A good example of how the Muslim religion respects other religions. The Taliban destroying the statues of the Buddha in Afghanistan is another one. Now you all be kind to Muslims, hear?

[montag813]

was present when a Hindu mob, numbering in the thousands, stormed Ayodhya compound in December 1992, and with their bare hands, demolished a 16th-century mosque that had stood there. The Hindus accused Muslim rulers of building their mosque on top of a temple that had marked the birthplace of a blue-skinned Hindu deity, called Ram. In the ensuing riots, more than 1,100 people were killed, most of them Muslims.

That day was one of the proudest moments in India's history, and a shining example of how to deal with Muslims everywhere. Israel should have ripped the Jerusalem mosques apart in June 1967. Their failure to do so was a critical error.