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Recent violence between Hindus and Muslims in India is a result of the buse of religion for political aims, an Indian parliament official told 30 people gathered at Lowell House yesterday...
Heptulla said BJP leaders last December incited a crowd of Hindus to demolish the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, for the party's political advancement. Many Hindus believe the Babri Mosque's location is the birthplace...
...Hindus have repeatedly demanded that the Indian government build a Hindu temple on the site. Hundreds of Muslims, protesting the Babri destruction, have been killed in riots in the last month...
India's most glamorous city, home to the glitzy "Bollywood" film industry, has become the capital for the country's primal violence between Hindus and Muslims. Behind Bombay's white seafront facade, the communities have been at war since more than 200 people, mostly Muslims, died in outbreaks following the destruction of a disputed mosque last month. Deadly retaliation and counterretaliation continue, leading to scenes like this: weeping Hindu women surrounded by their Muslim counterparts, all seeking refuge from the hurricane of hate...
During the week of riots following the destruction of a 16th century mosque at Ayodhya, Indian police arrested nearly 6,000 Hindus and Muslims in a nationwide crackdown. Public order has been restored, but the country's political crisis continues to deepen. Within minutes of reconvening, Parliament erupted in chaos as legislators locked horns over Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's dismissal of three state governments ruled by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Rao's move may backfire if citizens demonstrate a preference for the B.J.P. leaders they elected...