It was built at the site of the 16th-century Babri Mosque which was razed to the ground in 1992 by Hindu mobs who believed it was built on the ruins of a temple marking the birthplace of Lord Ram.
In November 2024, a local court ordered a survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid, which the petitioners said was built after destroying an old temple. Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque is claimed to ...
The terrible violence in Sambhal during a government survey of a mosque has drawn unsettling parallels to the infamous Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya in 1992. Just as the destruction of Babri ...
A long campaign of agitation culminated, in December 1992, with the destruction of a sixteenth-century mosque, the Babri Masjid, by a rampaging mob of Hindutva fanatics. In 2019, after a ...
In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...
Sadhvi Ritambhara once faced criminal charges for facilitating the destruction of the medieval-era Babri Masjid in 1992, which sparked religious riots that killed 2,000 people. Prime Minister ...
A firebrand nun accused of helping incite a mob that demolished a centuries-old mosque has been granted a top Indian government award, in a decision greeted with dismay by critics. Sadhvi Ritambhara ...
Sadhvi Ritambhara once faced criminal charges for facilitating the destruction of the medieval-era Babri Masjid in 1992, which sparked religious riots that killed 2,000 people. Prime Minister ...
He uses online platforms to incite violence, spreading messages calling for jihad to rebuild the Babri Masjid in India. Notably, Ghori operates a sophisticated online module designed to radicalize ...
Sadhvi Ritambhara once faced criminal charges for facilitating the destruction of the medieval-era Babri Masjid in 1992, which sparked religious riots that killed 2,000 people. Prime Minister ...
India is full of mosques established during periods of Islamic rule, between roughly the eleventh and eighteenth centuries. Many Indians believe that Muslim rulers, including the Mughal Empire, often ...