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as posted by the channelIn India, historic mosques are becoming flashpoints for religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims. Hindu nationalist groups claim that these mosques were built on destroyed Hindu temples during centuries of Muslim rule. And they've gone to court to try and get the temples back.
The dispute has turned violent – in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, authorities clashed with protesters over a survey of their mosque. Critics say it's not about religion, but about pushing the political agenda of the ruling BJP party. DW’s Adil Bhat reports from Sambhal.
And for more on this, we are joined by Shahrukh Alam. She is a lawyer at the Supreme Court of India and the Patna High Court and writes extensively on questions of criminal law, personal law and constitutionalism.
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