Dozens of people in India have been detained on suspicion of publishing inflamma...
LUCKNOW/AYODHYA, India, India - Dozens of people in India have been detained on suspicion of publishing inflammatory social media posts and setting off celebratory firecrackers after the Supreme Court ruled to give a disputed religious site to Hindus, police said on Sunday.
In 1992, a Hindu mob destroyed the 16th-century Babri Mosque on the site, triggering riots in which about 2,000 people, most of them Muslims, were killed, but no major violence was reported after the court ruling on Saturday or on Sunday “Police are appealing to residents to not misuse social media,” Kalanidhi Naithani, senior superintendent of police in Lucknow, said late on Saturday.
Hindus believe the site is the birthplace of Lord Ram, a physical incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, and say the site was holy for Hindus long before the Muslim Mughals, India’s most prominent Islamic rulers, built the Babri mosque there in 1528.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
2 dead, dozens injured as Australia wildfires raze homesWildfires razing Australia's drought-stricken east coast leave two dead, several missing, over 30 injured and over 150 homes destroyed
Read more »
Barham Fire: Brush fire burned dozens of acres near Hollywood sign
Read more »
India, Pakistan contacts at 'zero' despite border cooperationContacts between India and Pakistan are 'zero', Pakistan's foreig...
Read more »
India top court rules in favour of Hindus in religious site disputeIndia's Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favour of a Hindu group in a lon...
Read more »
India top court rules in favor of Hindus in religious site disputeIndia's Supreme Court on Saturday ruled in favor of a Hindu group in a long...
Read more »
India on edge as top court rules on Babri Mosque's fateThe historic mosque in the city of Ayodhya was demolished in 1992 by Hindu hardliners who say the 16th century mosque is built on the site of Ram's birthplace.
Read more »