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Babri Masjid Essay

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On 6 December 23 years ago, a violent crowd of around 1,50,000 kar sevaks from the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), workers from its political wing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and activists from other Hindutva organisations like the VHP, tore down the 16th-century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. The destruction of the masjid resulted in several clashes between Hindu and Muslim communities in several parts of the nation that killed at least 2,000 people. The Babri Masjid was demolished over the claims that there once existed a Ram temple beneath it which was destroyed by Mughal general Mir Baqi who then built a mosque at the site, believed to be Ram Janmabhoomi (the mythological birthplace of Lord Rama). Thousands of Hindutva activists …show more content…

The demolition and rioting in Mumbai saw retaliatory attacks by the terror organisations. Over 300 people were killed in serial terror attacks in Mumbai on 12 March 1993. Several other riots, including the 2002 Gujarat massacre in which mostly Muslims were killed, is also believed to have originated from the sparks of Babri demolition. Despite losing several lives over the religious conflicts in the past, India seems to have learnt nothing from Ayodhya. Once again the Hindu organisations have intensified their demand to rebuild the Ram mandir (temple), regardless of the fact that the case pertaining to the rightful ownership of the disputed land is still not settled. The Supreme Court in 2011 stayed the Allahabad High Court's order dividing the 2.7 acres disputed land in Ayodhya and distributing it among the Sunni Waqf Board, Ram Lalla represented by Hindu Maha Sabha, and Nirmohi Akhara – a Hindu religious denomination recognised by the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad and belongs to the Vaishnava sampradaya. Several leaders of the ruling BJP have declared in public that Ram mandir will be built in Ayodhya. BJP parliamentarian Sakshi Maharaj had in June said that Ram temple will be built in the BJP

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