In India, 32 people were acquitted who were involved in the disturbances that led to the attack on the mosque in the city of Ayodhya in 1992. In the violence between Hindus and Muslims that followed that attack at the time, some 2,000 people were killed.
49 people were subsequently imprisoned, including four leaders of the current ruling party, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). They are said to have made inflammatory speeches and incited their tens of thousands of followers prior to the attack. The BJP leaders have always said that the mosque’s demolition was a spontaneous outburst by Hindu activists.
According to the judge, there is not enough evidence that the attack was planned and the leaders present tried to calm the crowd. During the lengthy trial, which took nearly 30 years, 17 of the 49 suspects died of natural causes.
The Muslim community strongly criticizes the release. They call it unjust and will challenge the acquittal.
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Muslim Emperor Babur built a mosque in Ayodhya in the 16th century, on the spot where Hindus say their god Ram was born. The issue has caused tensions between Hindus and Muslims for generations.
That escalated on December 6, 1992, when tens of thousands of Hindus held a large gathering near the disputed site. Groups climbed the mosque and destroyed it with axes and hammers. As a result, riots and protests broke out across India, killing some 2,000 people.
Last year, the Supreme Court of India ruled that the Hindu violence cannot be justified, but that a Hindu temple may still be built on the disputed site in Ayodhya. Prime Minister Modi laid the first stone for this at the beginning of this month. The Supreme Court also ruled that the suspects in the attack on the mosque should be tried. That has now happened.
The Muslims are assigned a different location in the city for the construction of a mosque.
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