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9 Nov 2019

India’s Supreme Court allows Hindu temple to be built on disputed holy site

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Hindu temple can be built on the site of a former mosque in Ayodhya.

The destruction of the mosque in 1992 sparked violence that left almost 2,000 people dead.

But today there was muted reaction to the court judgement due to a crackdown by Indian security forces.