Saudi Arabia's first alcohol store is a big step, but also aims to tackle a longstanding problem: Booze smuggling
Saudi Arabia's first alcohol store has opened in the diplomatic quarter of its capital Riyadh, accessible to non-Muslim diplomats.
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In India, religious clashes sparked by Hindu temple in Ayodhya leads to ‘bulldozer justice’ in Mumbai as Muslim shops torn down
Minor clashes broke out Sunday in parts of Mumbai, including one incident where Hindus chanting religious slogans passed through a Muslim neighbourhood on the megacity’s outskirts.
New mosque construction in India's Ayodhya to begin in May, Muslim group says
NEW DELHI - As Hindu devotees prepare to inaugurate a grand temple to one of their holiest deities, India's minority Muslims plan to begin building a new mosque in the same city later this year, hoping to make a fresh start after a bloody, decades-long dispute.
For the Indian Muslim, Ayodhya is everywhere
Indian secularism is buried under a mountain of saffron politics, as Hindu nationalists celebrate the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman in 2002 riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Monday restored life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman during deadly religious rioting two decades ago and asked the convicts to surrender to the authorities within two weeks.
