Hindu nationalists demand demolition of one of India's biggest mosques during huge protest

Indians have reacted with outrage on social media after videos circulated showing Hindu nationalist protesters calling for the demolition of one of the country’s largest mosques.

Thousands of demonstrators descended on Delhi on Sunday, in the latest planned protest to demand the construction of a temple to Lord Ram, one of Hinduism’s most revered figures, at the site of a ruined mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya.

It was organised by two groups closely affiliated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and saw Hindus marching into Old Delhi, a part of the city known for its historic Muslim community.

Witnesses described hearing “anti-Muslim slogans” along the route of the march, and videos posted online showed demonstrators shouting “Ek dhakka aur do, Jama Masjid tod do” – “With one more push, destroy the Jama Masjid.”

Built in 1656, the Jama Masjid is one of India’s biggest and most important mosques. It was the royal place of worship for India’s ruling Muslim emperors for two centuries before the British invasion.

“It’s not about temples … It’s about hating Muslims, the reasons and demands keep changing,” one user responded to the clip on Twitter.

Ravi Nair, a journalist, wrote: “Just imagine if a Muslim organisation [was] asking to demolish a temple, how Modi govt and Mainstream Media would have reacted.”

Another who responded to the video was Rajdeep Sardesai, a prominent TV news anchor and author of the book: “2014: The election that changed India.”

He told The Independent that while such chants by rightwing groups were not new, the fact they had been so emboldened since Mr Modi’s Hindu nationalist party came to power four years ago was “worrying”.

“Jama Masjid is part of the shared heritage of this country,” he said. “This is a country not only of temples, but also of mosques, gurdwaras, churches. So if someone talks about demolishing Jama Masjid, they are talking about demolishing the uniqueness of this country, which is its shared diversity.

“It is one thing to chant it [going] up the road, but these are the same groups who tomorrow – in the name of so-called religious nationalism – will murder others, or use violence, as we have seen in recent times.”

The Ram Mandir (Ram Temple) issue dates back decades, with both Hindus and Muslims claiming the right to worship at the disputed site in Ayodhya.

Many Hindus believe it to be the birthplace of Lord Ram, and that a temple in his name once stood there. A medieval mosque, Babri Masjid, stood at the site for hundreds of years until 1992, when it was torn down by a Hindu mob.

Eyewitnesses have said the violence started that day with a similar chant of “ek dhakka aur do, Babri Masjid tod do”. Around 150,000 people swept past police lines and demolished the mosque, before going on to target Muslim-owned shops and homes in the city.

Around 2,000 people were killed across the country in the communal violence that followed.

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After the demolition of the mosque, both Hindu and Muslim groups petitioned the Supreme Court to help resolve the issue. The court has sought more time to give its verdict, with the next hearing set for next month.

Mr Sardesai was among those on social media calling for Delhi’s police to take action against those seen chanting in the video.

The city deployed an additional 2,500 officers to police the route of the march to an open meeting ground just over 1km from Jama Masjid itself.

Responding to reports that the video was being widely shared, deputy police commissioner MS Randhawa told the Indian Express: “We have not got any video or a complaint. Only if someone approached us with a complaint will we take action as per law.”

The gathering was organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), or World Hindu Council, and addressed by senior figures from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent movement of the BJP.

All three political bodies have persistently lobbied the government to issue an executive order stating a Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya. Both the government and the main opposition Congress’s stance is to wait on the verdict of the Supreme Court.

Speaking to the crowd, VHP leader Champat Rai said: “The gathering here is telling you that Hindus won’t sit back until the temple is built, and our wishes are respected.”

Asked about the chanting directed at the nearby Jama Masjid, another VHP leader Vinod Bansal defended it as a “spontaneous expression of rage”. He said: “Though I have not heard any such sloganeering, they did not harm anyone. Our objective was to send a message to the government that people are angry because of a failure to build the Ram Temple.”

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Demanding the construction of toilets would be better, no ?…

It's 2018 and people still believe in stupid made-up religions like it's still the Middle Ages… How can people be so retarded ?

It's more cultural than religious.

80 iq and brown people need to be eradicated from this planet

Now back to reddit with your mobile posting

Kaliyuga NOW.

I am outraged that there are mosques in India, or anywhere else for that matter.

This. Nazi kikes still believing in muh race war when the entire world will be brown one day.

read title as dindu nationalists

Just imagine if they could get this worked to demand construction of a sewer system.

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Don't mistake monkey people ooga booga for actual relevant political expression. Just because pooz don't like mooz doesn't mean they are our friends.

Based r1/b/rothers

India is preening itself to be the next complete vassal state of Israel. These fools have no idea how they will all be screwed by the jews.

Ram Dass.

They worship getting their asses rammed, those filthy buggerites.

A lot of IDF soldiers on leave go to India to smoke opium and fuck small children.

What odd people the Israelites are.

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Ram is a Jewish name too.

Ignore the southern French part, lel.

Good.

You forgot the '80 IQ' as well as having the good fortune to 'be brown'

That is because the jews are a sect of the Thuggee who worship Kali by ritual human sacrifice.

That's nice. Get fucked cryptokikes. Give my buddy Rama his temple back.

Fucking do it, someone lease tear it down. I would do it in a second if I could get close enough with equipment without a million drones threatening to bomb me. I don't see how tearing down a mosque is more morally reprehensible then going to a Christmas market and shooting people. A mosque should be demolished every time a Muslim shoots or bombs someone in the name of their religion. Should take care of their religion in no time

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blow your brains out for giving turkish propaganda free clicks

look at this brainlet

THIS
there's a metric fuck ton of reasons to fear the islamic death cult and despise it's brainwashed zealots
never let this phrase be used as an insult, being acused of hating the enemy that wants your destruction is a sign of virtue

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But for real, I recommend people read the Ramayana. It’s the story about a king whose girl is taken by a filthy Jew and how he saves her and the entire world in the process. Even if you’re an atheist, it’s a good story and iludes to the crisis going on with women today.

Good for them. We need a united front to fight the Jewish NWO

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Yea that'd be pretty crazy, a bunch of muslims calling for the destruction of a non muslim religious site. That kind of thing never happens and certainly hasn't happened in india.