Protesters have clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh amid tensions over a site claimed by the Hindu community.
Four people were killed and a number of others, including 24 police and administrative officers, were injured in violent clashes on Sunday in Sambhal in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The violence broke out as the authorities were carrying out a court-ordered survey of a 16th-century mosque at the centre of a legal battle over claims that it was built on the site of a Hindu temple.
Locals gathered near the mosque as the survey team arrived at the site, with the crowd growing to nearly 1,000 people, according to local media. Some individuals in the crowd threw stones at police personnel stationed at the site. The mob also reportedly set fire to more than ten vehicles.
The situation escalated rapidly, with reports indicating that protesters clashed with law enforcement. Police used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd, while some individuals reportedly opened fire, resulting in injuries on both sides.
In response to the unrest, local officials ordered the closure of schools and internet services in the region to prevent the spread of misinformation and to curb further violence. Senior police officials confirmed that additional forces were deployed to control the situation and ensure safety for residents.
VIDEO | Uttar Pradesh: Police baton charge after an incident of stone pelting reportedly took place in Sambhal as a survey team arrived at Shahi Jama Masjid to conduct a survey of the mosque.
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Despite the unrest, officials completed the examination of the site, as reported by NDTV, and the survey report is scheduled to be submitted to the court by the end of the month.
Tensions in Sambhal began to rise last week when the first site survey was attempted on November 21, just hours after it was ordered by a local court. The application for the survey was submitted by a local temple priest who claimed that a Hindu temple had existed at the site of the mosque before it was allegedly demolished by Muslim rulers to build the Shahi Jama Masjid in 1526, according to the Indian Express.
As hundreds of people started gathering around the mosque that day, the local authorities reportedly asked Muslim clerics to urge people to remain calm and peaceful.
“Elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure peace in the district. A large number of policemen have been deployed around the mosque to prevent the possibility of any trouble,” the local police chief told the media at the time.
The mosque in Sambhal is believed to have been built during the 16th century under Mughal Empire rule. It has retained its historical and religious significance, and is protected under the country’s Worship Act of 1991, which stipulates that all religious places existing in 1947 will remain at their sites, noted Zia-Ur-Rehman Barq, an MP from the opposition Samajwadi Party representing the Sambhal constituency.
Chief of the same party Akhilesh Yadav blamed the state government led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “spreading tensions in the name of survey.”
The development comes nearly a year after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a massive temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. It was built on the site of the 16th-century Babri Masjid, which was demolished in 1992 by Hindu activists, resulting in deadly communal clashes. A decades-long legal and political dispute over the site ended with a Supreme Court decision in 2019 ordering that the land be handed over for the construction of a Hindu temple, while the Muslim side would be given another site to build a mosque.
India is Hindu. Pakistan is Indian land which was given to Islam so that Hindu people could live in peace. I have always found it odd that an Indian and a Pakistani are exactly the same people so completely divided by religion to the point where they kill each other. In every respect they are the same people except in religion. It is clear that India can and must become violent to protect their own history and culture.
Mosques in Pakistan but no Hindu temples.
Tamples in India but no Islamic mosques. (Or churches).
Case settled.
Religion has held Man back from caveman days on.
It’s very typical of Muslim to build over the site of another sacred spot. That is their conquest. It is a religion of war.
Not happy to have and remain in Pakistan they spread like a cancer.
The Crusades were indeed a return serve.
Temples…
Shut down Internet stopping the spread of “misinformation.”🤔
Bet your bottom dollar that’ll start catching on everywhere soon 😒👍
Once again, we see the so-called ‘goodness’ of religions coming into play.
Protestants vs Catholics…(think of Ireland’s ‘Troubles’…the Waldenses, and the Catholic-based Inquisitions…)
J3w vs Moslem…(think of the current day Middle East violence and clashes…)
J3w vs Orthodox Christianity…(think of the #Bolshevik Revolution of 75 years w/ 65 million Orthodox Christians murdered, and the current Russia / Ukraine War…)
Hindus vs Moslem…the current story.
The Mosque built over the site of a Hindu Temple…think of lay-lines, and spiritism. Then-
Compare that to the Israelis having already built an underground Synagogue / Temple directly underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque…and then the J3w$ not allowing the Arab Moslems to enter their Mosque for Moslem Prayers…
Religion has always been a source of war and conflict, next to and parallel of economic and resource procurements of the same.
Everyone will welcome a New World Order religion which combines all into one, and then will give rise to a spectacular level of evil imposed upon the human race.
In the meantime, stay OUT of the religious institutions, and be aware of the CRT (Clergy Response Teams) which will report you to the government if you speak out against the Global Zionist-based imposed ‘religion’, and the Talmudic-based Modus-Operandi of Noahide Laws
that have both displaced and replaced Natural and Common Law.
Churches, Mosques, Temples, …ALL are excellent places to gather information, and this is where the NWO Government(s) send their well-paid and compensated spies into the congregations when a person is targeted for speaking out!
A personal relationship with God, Christ, Mohammed, and Vishnu is first and foremost, and is not based in a man-made structure that is full of vipers, snakes, and money-changers ie spies compensated for information on the leaders and congregations…
Only ELOHEEM have a personal relationship with YAHWAH God
Who is their eternal Father from before the foundation of the world
To worship the most high true living God of the Bible one must have a spirit
Only to be found in the white Adamic race but not all of them
Rev 13:8
Romans 8:16
That which is flesh is flesh
That which is spirit is spirit
Hebrews 4:12
Man made organized religions are exactly that
Man made