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ASI, Gujarat: Will Bharuch’s 700 year old Jama Masjid be the next target of right-wing saffron grab and terror?
The Archaological Survey of India (ASI) has demanded that the 700 year old Jama Masjid in Bharuch be protected since a right-wing organisation named Rashtriya Dharohar Sanrakshan Samiti has been coordinating signature drives and public events as part of a ‘campaign to reclaim’ the centuries-old Sunni mosque as a Jain religious site. Jains are today been seen to be an aggressor minority be it in Gujarat or Mumai
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