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Gyanvapi Mosque dispute
![Temple-Mosque Disputes Are Sprouting Across India Temple-Mosque Disputes Are Sprouting Across India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-08-075540.jpg)
Temple-Mosque Disputes Are Sprouting Across India
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Hindu nationalists say that Muslims should give up their claims to mosques on disputed sites to settle conflicts amicably.
![Indian Court Allows Survey of a 17th-century Mosque to See If It Was Built Over a Hindu Temple Indian Court Allows Survey of a 17th-century Mosque to See If It Was Built Over a Hindu Temple](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-08-03-140355.jpg)
Indian Court Allows Survey of a 17th-century Mosque to See If It Was Built Over a Hindu Temple
By Biswajeet Banerjee
The Gyanvapi mosque in the city of Varanasi dates to the 16th century, but Hindu petitioners claim a Hindu temple once stood on the site.
![India’s History Wars Heat Up India’s History Wars Heat Up](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-27-141115.jpg)
India’s History Wars Heat Up
By Muheet Ul Islam and Pirzada Shakir
The Babri Mosque ruling galvanized a new wave of legal attacks, with Hindu nationalist groups claiming hundreds of mosques built by Muslims emperors centuries ago were temples in ancient India.
![India’s Hindutva Groups Have the Gyanvapi Mosque in Their Crosshairs India’s Hindutva Groups Have the Gyanvapi Mosque in Their Crosshairs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-20-151539.jpg)
India’s Hindutva Groups Have the Gyanvapi Mosque in Their Crosshairs
By Tarushi Aswani
Hindutva groups are laying claim to a growing number of sites where Muslim monuments and mosques stand, arguing that temples once stood on the same land.
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