And Now Some Good News [Taj Mahal Closed After Religious Riot]

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Yes, thanks for posting this article, DB. There is hope still.

 

, sankara menon <kochu1tz

wrote:

>

> Thank God there are some sane people

>

> Devi Bhakta <devi_bhakta wrote: AGRA (August 31,

2007): Had it not been for a few good men,

> Wednesday's violence in Agra would have spiraled out of control.

The

> police said these men acted just as things were threatening to

take a

> communal turn, and saved the city from shame.

>

> While a group of people in the Hindu-dominated Dhakran area

prevented

> a mosque from being damaged, Muslim elders a few hundred yards away

> ensured that a temple was not harmed.

>

> Violence erupted in the Dhakran crossing area in the morning after

> word spread that a temple had been attacked. A group of young men

who

> had gathered outside their homes began throwing stones at the Nai

Ki

> Mandi mosque. Then someone tried to set it on fire.

>

> " When someone hurled a burning bottle at the mosque gate, we

quickly

> got together and stopped the boys from causing any more damage, "

said

> Man Singh Dhakar, a businessman in Subhash Park.

>

> The mosque gate and outer wall are now being repaired and painted.

> Water for the repairs is being supplied from the Chamunda Devi

Temple

> that stands next to the mosque. Hari Ram Sharma, SSP Agra, told

HT:

>

> " Just as the Hindus saved the mosque, Muslim elders prevented a

temple

> in the Subash Park area from being attacked. These men on both

sides

> have set an example without which the violence could have taken a

> communal turn. "

>

> SOURCE: © Copyright 2007 Hindustan Times. Agra's new monument of

> harmony, by Jatin Gandhi, Hindustan Times. First Published: 02:30

> IST(31/8/2007) Last Updated: 02:38 IST(31/8/2007)

> URL: http://tinyurl.com/2fry7q

 

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