{"id":1623,"date":"2002-09-27T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2002-09-27T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2002-09-27T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2002-09-27T06:05:00","slug":"temple_attack_caps_week_of_violence_in_south_asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/09\/temple_attack_caps_week_of_violence_in_south_asia\/","title":{"rendered":": Temple Attack Caps Week Of Violence in South Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/india2.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Sometimes it seems like religious harmony in the Indian subcontinent existed only during the colonial era.  New attacks on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com%2Fnews_article.jhtml%3Ftype%3Dtopnews%26StoryID%3D1499656\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pakistani Christians<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/asia.cnn.com%2F2002%2FWORLD%2Fasiapcf%2Fsouth%2F09%2F26%2Fmonks.attack%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gujarati Hindus<\/a> by Muslim militants have increased tensions between religious groups in India (as well as keeping Indo-Pak relations at an all-time low), and have raised fears of a repeat of the communal violence that claimed the lives of over a thousand Muslims earlier this year in India. As usual, the respective governments turned to political jabs, with Pakistani police alleging <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com%2Fnews_article.jhtml%3Ftype%3Dtopnews%26StoryID%3D1501596\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Indian intelligence<\/a> involvement in the Christian killings while India accused Pakistan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com%2Fnews_article.jhtml%3Ftype%3Dtopnews%26StoryID%3D1499548\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">possible involvement<\/a> in the Hindu temple massacre (although a previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com%2Fnews_article.jhtml%3Ftype%3Dtopnews%26StoryID%3D1492362\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">unknown group<\/a> has stepped into that fray). Despite these accusations, no proof of anything has surfaced, leaving the battle rhetorical for the moment. Meanwhile, Muslim groups on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hinduonnet.com%2Fthehindu%2Fholnus%2F03252210.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">both sides<\/a> of the Indus river have issued their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outlookindia.com%2Fpti_news.asp%3Fid%3D86127\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">condemnations<\/a>. \u201cWe, the Indian Muslims strongly condemn the attack on innocent people and appeal to all communities, religious and political organisations to rise above their differences and thwart the ulterior designs of anti-national elements\u201d, a resolution passed by various Muslim organisations said.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Asian Muslims find themselves on the defensive after terrorist attacks on a Pakistani Christian charity and a Indian Hindu temple. 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