Three people have been killed and dozens injured in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The deaths came during protests by thousands of stone-throwing Moslems, demonstrating against the handover of land to a Hindu pilgrimage site. Authorities had transferrred about 40 hectares of forest south of Kashmir's summer capital, Srinigar, to a Hindu trust to erect shelters for pilgrams visiting Ebadi calls on media to foster peace ...
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Dutch Muslims React with Restraint to MP's Controversial Film ... the sacred Sri Amaranth cave. Protesters claim the land transfer was aimed at changing the local demographics, while critics say the protests were politically motivated ahead of state elections later this year.
(Deutsche Welle)
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