with its pro hindu agenda the r.s.s. had long been agitating to destroy the 16th century mosque built by the mogul ruler barber and reclaimed the sacred ground for him booze for them the existence of the mosque was a long standing move when you saw this thing come down what did you see what. i thought about the the social and political back i said well there now this is a divide that they've created in the country they are taking us back to 147 when india was divided. in the riots that followed between muslims and hindus some 2000 people were killed for indian muslims these events meant much more than just the loss of a defunct building. businesses and i. dentity it was not the mosque was not so it was not the mosque that was important for the of that identity so do you feel that that the new politics had been born absolutely feel like a new politics of division of division began. this was a division that would change the face of indian politics one that pushed many among the 80 percent hindu majority to support the b j

or hindu to her is actually reducing the great philosophical majesty of the hindu faith into. something more like the team identity of the british football the only thing. that i want to prove once and for all is india the inclusive secular country i grew up in say for muslims and other minorities or is it on a journey to become a hindu dominated nation. and one that's a danger to itself. that. we're approaching one of the most historically contentious places in india to see the white mosque that that was built by the emperor or is a cape sits on the bones of an old temple which was really the holy of holies and pathetic it was hinduism is most important temple the kashi vishwa not that the 17th century mughal ruler oron say it had destroyed building this began the mosque on its ruins a smaller version of the temple dedicated to the hindu dead the ship was built in the shadow of the mosque that sits on the bones of the original 10. you can see the temple with its gold. really they will break it up for the fact that the sanctum sanctorum of the city had been torn down and destr

for years the pro hindu r.s.s. had agitated to access to the barbary mosque in new york here to placate them rajiv gandhi ordered the site to be open for him to prat. a decision that has had deadly consequences ever since. on february 27th 2002 a train was set alight just outside go dressed ation in the western state of gujarat. 58 hindu pilgrims were burnt to death they'd been returning home from the babri mosque in new york here. there was an outcry and mobs of hindu hardliners took to the streets. danica start up again as hard as get their window but the ever heard of the idea her or him door go clear join john pull her to her instead of handing the dead to their families the bodies were transported nearly 200 kilometers to the town of under about to be paraded through the streets you can tell yourself alan lobo act on the just because a lot out there are just for gases and nature kendall b'tselem i don't get a lot out what role then. got done many other how do you know my knowledge is going up or to me to tell

at least 20 are killed and nearly 200 are injured as a group of hindus fight street battles with muslims in the indian capital. fellow malcolm i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also this half hour a warning the worst is yet to come in the global coronavirus emergency the number of infections in south korea has now passed one thousands. forced from power and a popular uprising in egypt goes into 3 days of mourning for hosni mubarak following his death in cairo. also had the chance of protesters threaten to drown out one of latin america's biggest music festivals. 3 days of violence in the indian capital has killed at least 20 people nearly 200 others have been injured as hindu crowds wielding iron bars targeted muslims on the streets of new delhi the muslims were rallying against a new citizenship or that they say discriminates against them other demonstrations against the law have been going on for months tony betty reports now from new delhi . the suburbs of jeffery bad and bad jim bora in northeast delhi have become battlegrounds in the fight agai

violent clashes between hindus e d muslims havcked the city for days.ire neighboaroods ripped t as mobs run the streets. riots centered in the northeast of the city, largely muslim neighborhoods. this mosque was set alight. the charred remains lay scattered. the death toll is rising, both muslims and hindus are casualties of these clashes. >>re thereome truly harrowing storiesoming out of the violence. this is one abo an 85-year-old woman burned to death in her home on tuesday. this started over a controversial citizenship law that grants amnesty to non-muslim immigrants from neighbing countries but not to muslims. the hindu-nationalist party is accused of fueling the violence, somethinit dies, and the broken his silence.nister has he said peace and harmony are centrato our ethos, and i peal for peace and brotherhood. it is important that there is calm and normalcy restored at the earliest. officials on wednesday will be making extra efforts to show theyre taking the issue seriously. nationahow you india's security adviser. he has been visiting the wors

some of these old religious minorities have been feeling anything but protected violence between hindus and muslims between those who support the new law and those against it after some parts of the capital's northeast into a no go zone. i covered today are pretty brutal clashes on the streets of delhi. large parts of the city's northeast have been reduced to battlefields as mob violence has people running for their lives. scenes like this have really been seen in the nation's capital what began on sunday as a protest against a controversial new citizenship law has descended into an all out religious riot pitting hindus against muslims and vice versa. the last 3 days the panic was that this year i was not able to step out of my jobs because i was a scared that a group of people good people they came to my house and they will take time soon they will hire me because they can do everything that comes does wrong the day before yesterday at least 10 people receive bullet wounds there was firing from 11 in the morning till at least 6 in the evening about that will you just hear it. it's not

modi says that he doesn't want to remold india into a hindu nation. but that's what people suspect here is that he wants to take the country away from its its founding principles its secular resource. i don't think there's any doubt that the wish to. be. if you look at the problem with the rent rent act what it does is that it starts to select citizens on the basis of religion and saw the problem is with the abstract well not so abstract but the problem is with the notion of who can be a citizen and who got and then and saying the muslims got to be so that others can you see it so that's just explicitly and it's not just brutal because if you do it you know. from other illicit but if you look at the. process it is that. have been beat into the law by the last india go by the last leg up but 2003 the national registration of citizenship process has in a sense already begun because it's already in the law you see and it really it's all sort to in the national population register that's just a bit like a census but now more because they're going to ask q

and the form he comes back to again and again hindu idols. his faith hindu islam is the main religion in this region close to the border with india. my work is related to temples where are the worship is allowed. so far i haven't done any work for the muslim community. so. it takes him 10 days to finish a simple statue but more complex designs can take many weeks. but. there are these other statues of radha and krishna. they will take at least a month to finish. after that i'll hand them over to the clients will showcase them in hindu temples. inducing muslims have long lived peaceably side by side in this region of pakistan . a religious harmony similar hopes his statues will continue to inspire. idols of cement but cementing under just tolerance that's it for today there with your side of the forward slash to the show online and for other stories from the region. with images all for us from the past and the present opening this weekend from london's recorder i'm out of this you tomorrow for. every journey begins with the 1st step and every

crowds of hindu men have beat and burnt hindu men have beat and burnt hindu residents living there homesnationalist government has called for calm. a muslim area that saw some of the worst violence. until now, it was impossible to get inside mustafabad. this road was full of mobs of men, armed with sticks, stones and even guns. we stop when we see a stream of people hurriedly crossing our path. these are muslim families and they're fleeing the hindu—dominated areas they live in. they don't feel safe in their own homes any more. one man tells me, "hindu mobs are slaughtering us like goats and chickens." we're shown a mosque that was set on fire. holy books, reduced to ashes. just outside, a muslim man was stabbed to death. he was the father of these girls. his wife has covered herface in mourning. in the adjoining hindu—dominated locality, too, there is fear and anger. a man shows us where he was hit by bullets. this woman tells me petrol bombs were thrown at her home. what used to be just a busy street full of shops has today almost become a boundary between a hindu community on one side

i'm of the year after the street battles subsided wednesday was a day hindus and muslims mourn the loss of loved ones after some of the worst violence delhi has suffered in decades this is the funeral of mohammad for can a father of 2 who was killed when the violence began a few days ago he was on the way to shops to buy food for his kids at a bus stop i received a call saying that my brother has been shot i couldn't believe it i was with him an hour earlier i rushed to the hospital but i found that he was already dead he doesn't know who was responsible. both sides of the community hindus and muslims have suffered outside the morgue of the state run hospital relatives await the completion of post-mortem examination is on victims so they can take the bodies for cremation or burial. this man says his nephew died from a bullet to the neck he says it was fired by a muslim as. someone who was but when he was pressed he says he never witnessed the killing was the violence stopped after a group of muslim women were persuaded to abandon their city in protest at a block to busy road and angered

in the adjoining hindu—dominated locality, too, there is fear and anger.s where he was hit by bullets. this woman tells me petrol bombs were thrown at her home. what used to be just a busy street full of shops has today almost become a boundary between a hindu community on one side and a muslim community on the other. these religious divides has been deepening in india ever since prime minister narendra modi and his hindu nationalist party came to power. a citizenship law passed in december was the trigger for the riots. it gives amnesty to illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries, except muslims. for months, it polarised opinion. now it has left the capital on edge. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. a gunman has killed five of his workmates at a brewing company in milwaukee before killing himself. the shooting was in the early afternoon while hundreds of employees were still at work. the state governor says still at work. the state overnor sa s it's still at work. the state governor says it's the 11th mass shooting in wisconsin since 2004. freya

in the adjoining hindu—dominated locality, too, there is fear and anger.ts. this woman tells me petrol bombs were thrown at her home. what used to be just a busy street full of shops has today almost become a boundary between a hindu community on one side and a muslim community on the other. these religious divides has been deepening in india ever since prime minister narendra modi and his hindu nationalist party came to power. a citizenship law passed in december was the trigger for the riots. it gives amnesty to illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries, except muslims. for months, it polarised opinion. now it has left the capital on edge. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. football, and manchester city have been in action in the champions league. it was their first european tie since being handed a two—year ban, starting next season, after falling foul of uefa's spending rules. this evening, the team faced a formidable challenge in the form of real madrid, as andy swiss reports from the spanish capital. madrid had a new tourist attraction, city

hindus and muslims bury loved ones in india after 33 people died during street battles in riots also. only. through the eyes of children a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed films deviling of the berlin film festival. the syrian government has launched a counter offensive to recapture the town of such a keep in italy province. it was seized by turkish bank rebels overnight to turkish soldiers were killed by airstrikes jurong that fight. well here's why it is significantly important and since on the junction of the m 4 and m 5 highways which are mostly controlled by the government whoever holds the roads gains considerable military and economic advantages the m 5 links aleppo with the capital damascus in the south the growing red areas are controlled by the government the shrinking green or rebel territory yellow in the north and the west that's controlled by the kurds shortly we'll go live to al-jazeera as correspondent on the turkey syria border 1st shahla bellus tells us more about the ongoing situation in what is syria's last rebel stronghold. syrian troops on the move it live pr

also ahead hindus and muslims burry their loved ones in india some of the worst rioting in decades leaves at least 27 people dead. a brewery in the us becomes the latest scene of a mass shooting. and conflict through the eyes of children a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed movie at the berlin film festival. helo the united states and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military exercises as a result of the corona virus outbreak south korea has recorded its highest number of cases in a single day so far pushing the total number of people infected to almost 60 and hundreds in the middle east saudi arabia has announced it's temporarily holding visas for both the on the pilgrimage as well as for people entering from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has. ordered the evacuation of cats ari and kuwaiti citizens from iran due to the spread of infections there in the us president donald trump has appointed vice president mike pence to lead the response against the corona virus outbreak

a hindu flag now flying from its minaret. delhi's police have been criticized for not acting quick enough when violence broke out, but authorities say things are now under control. >> sufficient force has been deployed. the ministry of home affairs has given us additional forces that we are deploying as well. the main reason for the failure to control violence has been the congestion in the area. there is a mixed population and there have been some incidents. >> but the streets of this part of delhi look far from normal. by any estimate, it will be some time before they do. brent: one of the areas in the northeast of the capital that is seeing a lot of rioting, our correspondent traveled there to assess the situation. reporter: what started as a peaceful protest against controversial citizenship amendment law has escalated into this. arson on shops, mosques and religious structures attacked as well, and we are in the national capital. it has been burning for three days, and at least 20 people have been killed. today, finally,

the gender thing but god is doing his bit to win a seat for the hindu nationalists. his campaign pm song says it all. like the days of nationalism in india but god will rise to. he is especially concerned about a month long sit in delhi against an amended citizenship law. the law makes religion a test of citizenship for the 1st time. and protesters say it's exclusion of muslims is discriminatory and unconstitutional. they're seeing feet they're insulting hindu symbols they're chanting that they want freedom from him those are the shaheen mark protesters the demonstrators and isn't alone in his view senior media being leaders have called the protests the militias the slap them and i national housing their leader expressed their anger against the set and by watching for the media one needs every parliament and even their south to try and sue the state was up to these after that controversial speech a teenager shot a trotter stores at the university center in the days to follow to woman shot firearms at protests. activists saki of cool clear question why the b.g. people

for their signs of the community hindus and muslims have suffered outside the morgue of the state run hospital relatives await the completion of post-mortem examinations on victims so they can take the bodies for cremation or burial. this man says his nephew died from a bullet to the neck he says it was fired by a muslim as it. was someone who was well over but when he was pressed he says he never witnessed the killing was the violence stopped after a group of muslim women were persuaded to abandon their city in protest that have blocked a busy road and angered hindu nationalists and the government sent in paramilitary forces and rapid reaction units to reopen the suburbs. the death toll is rising and hundreds of injured people are being treated in 3 local hospitals many of the dead are said to have died from bullet wounds it's not clear who was responsible. there was a physical cost to these of the scarred remains of muslim owned businesses in cardwell nagar in northeast delhi some people have lost everything the major violence may have stopped at least for now but it's been so damag

after 3 days of violence in delhi killed at least 20 people nearly 200 others have been injured as hindu crowds targeted muslims burning buildings and ransacking mosques and muslims were rallying against a new citizenship law that they say discriminates against them other demonstrations in opposition to the law been going on for months 2030 years outside a hospital in northern delhi where some of the injured are being treated so tony is there a sense that this might get worse before it gets better. well at the moment peter there is a sense of calm after 3 days of violence which have been a very bloody time in delhi it's been the most violent time in decades they are now counting the cost of those 3 days i'm outside the mortuary of the g.t. be a government run hospital where families hindu families a muslim families are waiting to receive the bodies of the people who were killed the death count as you mentioned it's over 20 now $250.00 people injured but the streets are quiet but there's still an unease on the streets of northeast delhi. the suburbs of jeffrey bad in belgium bora in north

after intense provocation by hindu nationalists now that violence is spin some of the worst that delhihas seen in decades and the casualties show that so there's a big deep rooted problem that has now overshadow what this whole matter was about this was about civil rights over the citizens amendment act but it's being come in northeast delhi something about religion between ms muslims and hindus and that's not how it was this whole protest movement began because of across the board all religious denominations all minorities protesting about this new law which they say was racist now the problem is now this is being used as a kind of victory now by some of the hindu nationalists they said they wanted these women to be moved they were moved and now it sets a dangerous precedent what will happen in future if there's another protests will they do the same thing violence seems to work now we've had nothing from the prime minister mr modi until today 3 days arter this whole thing started and he calling for calm he's calling for peace and harmony with be no peace and harmony here quite the re

less than a mile away, some hindu men come running towards us.hey are throwing stones, they shouted. 0ne throwing stones, they shouted. one man died after being shot in the head. the grief of losing sons, husbands, brothers, shed by both hindu and muslim families today. —— shared. as each hour goes by, the number of casualty rises. ata the number of casualty rises. at a hospital, stretcher after stretcher being brought in. a woman whose husband was into colla pses woman whose husband was into collapses into the arms of a bystander. a sister whose brother was shot in the head, wheeled him into an ambulance. the government says the situation is under control, the street tell a different story. let's have more now on the coronavirus outbreak. 41 countries and territories have reported cases, although in all but four, the figure is less than a hundred. but the world health 0rganisation, while praising the international response so far, has warned that countries with weaker healthcare systems and economic problems could suffer greatly if covid—i9 spre

relationship i but president trump visit comes at a time when that instability and his hindu nationalist but at the edge on the party of facing criticism for the treatment of indian muslims i asked him can confess that i heard him. not to be disbelieved. he talked about. india's peacefulness yesterday just. but these are only 3 things that have been under threat in the last 6 years. they have been 2 months of nationwide protests against the citizenship law which fast track citizenship to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but excludes muslims white house officials said president trump will raise concerns over the citizenship law with prime minister modi the 2 leaders will discuss defend security and trade in new delhi on tuesday while there's no progress expected on their big differences when it comes to trade president trump leaves the happy man off to the welcome he received it might not be the country's most populous state but nearly a 3rd of indian americans have connections here and 9 months ahead of the u.s. presidential election trumps hope in coming to. help his popularity a

you're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha and also ahead hindus and muslims burney their loved ones in india some of the worst rioting in decades leaves at least 25 people dead. heavy rain from a record breaking monsoon season in indonesia has thousands of flood victims blaming the government for not being prepared to. conflict through the eyes of children a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed movies the viewing at the berlin film festival. hello the united states and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military exercises as a result of the corona virus outbreak south korea has recorded its highest number of cases in a single day so far pushing the total number of people in fact it's almost 1600 and in the middle east saudi arabia has announced it's temporarily halting visas for both the on the pilgrimage and for people coming in from affected countries. iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries and qatar has ordered the evacuation of cats harry and co wady says it citizens from iran due to

in the adjoining hindu—dominated locality, too, there is fear and anger.n tells me petrol bombs were thrown at her home. what used to be just a busy street full of shops has today almost become a boundary between a hindu community on one side and a muslim community on the other. these religious divides has been deepening in india ever since prime minister narendra modi and his hindu nationalist party came to power. a citizenship law passed in december was the trigger for the riots. it gives amnesty to illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries, except muslims. for months, it polarised opinion. now it has left the capital on edge. this is news day on the bbc. still to come on the programme, officials in taiwan take no chances as millions of students return to school for the first time since the coronavirus first struck there. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside

to watch al-jazeera life from headquarters in doha and the navigator also ahead hindus on muslims bery their loved ones in india some of the worst writing in decades leaves at least 27 people dead. thousands of people turned out to welcome the return of cameroon's opposition leader. and she was once atop the world of tennis one of the richest female athletes in history earning millions on and off the court for real sharp over the tyrant's. hello the united states and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military exercises as a result of the corona virus outbreak south korea has recorded its highest number of cases in a single day so far pushing the total number of people in fact it's almost 16 hundreds and in the middle east saudi arabia has announced it's temporarily halting visas for both on the pilgrimage as well as for people coming in from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and by. public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has ordered the evacuation of cattery and kuwaiti citizens from iran due to the spread of infections there

they say they are and something -- that they are insulting hindu symbols and want freedom from hinduey are bribing people to increase crowds of protesters. senior bjp leaders have called the protests malicious, destructive and anti-national, urging delhi to express anger against the city and by rewarding bjp. one bjp politician even lead crowds and chance to shoot the traitors. two men shot firearms at protest sites. an activist t testified -- an activist asked what the bjp politician wasn't cited for inciting violence.e. delhlhi police rejected his application, calling it a threat to law & order. now he is going to court. if you can't u use a slogan f f the r right under f free speechy can a politicician? >> hate helps them radicalilize people. unemployment is at an all-time high. the bjp has a huge number of people that don't have jobs. how do you channel all the a anr inside these people? you give them something to hate . for the bjp, that is muslims. correspondent: protesters are unfazed. theieir motto has become flowew, not bulllls. musicians, sports and actors across the countr

videos on social media seem to show police helping hindu nationalists collect rocks and other images of officers apparently beating muslims. on policeman says so you want your freedom and then beats him. other images show mosque being vandalized a muslim property being damaged hindus also complain that their temples are being damaged and their property destroyed by muslims images on social media are always difficult to verify who what where or when but in this situation is adding to the belief of muslims here that these attacks are both co-ordinated and with the compliance of the police. on choose a thousands of armed police including special forces and rapid reaction units were on patrol in a show of strength but muslims here don't feel protected they feel threatened especially for the youth. the number of those killed and injured in clashes is rising and india's leaders seem to have no solution the state has created a situation of violence and allowed it to manifest. it is easier than i thought and . i like that it thought of it. this area has become ground 0 in this divisive fight

with some outrage and name calling thrown in a stop all wrapped in a brand of hindu nationalism that is straight out of the ruling be j.p. the channel that was launched as goswami is vehicle republic is partly owned by a b j p parliamentarian india is the land of news channels more than 400 of them other talking heads cut from the same cloth as gus want me working the same crowd are no vehicle kumar of times now. news nation and c t.v.'s suit here childfree the ongoing citizenship law demos have allowed those channels to put their nationalistic credentials on full display this is open propaganda and if a very dangerous kind it is not only goal government propaganda hold more deeper than. what kind of. right it is actively it's not going to be here longer than propaganda against all kind of dissent in the country and it has very very far reaching and dangerous implications we are not probe egypt at all the we do not affiliated with any political ideology all over the new political body but yes the news is up at all india and the news is a nationalistic xenos supports any force which p