Varanasi, India – AFP Hindu worshippers on Thursday began praying inside a mosque in the Indian city of Varanasi just hours after a court order gave them the go-ahead at the deeply sensitive site, media reported. The Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi is one of several Islamic houses of worship that Hindu activists, backed by Prime […]
New Delhi, India – AFP Bulldozers have knocked down a centuries-old mosque in India’s capital, a member of the building’s managing committee said Thursday, during a demolition drive to remove “illegal” structures from a forest reserve. The demolition comes at a sensitive time in India with nationalist activists em...
