1992- Pakistan- "Crush India!" marchers shouted. "Death to Hinduism!" Business was brought to a standstill by a strike that closed shops and offices.
On this day, From new york times’ article:
1992- Pakistan- "Crush India!" marchers shouted. "Death to Hinduism!" Business was brought to a standstill by a strike that closed shops and offices.
Muslims attacked more than 30 Hindu temples across Pakistan today, and the Government of this overwhelmingly Muslim nation closed offices and schools for a day to protest the destruction of a mosque in India (Babri Masjid).
students from Quaid-i-Azam University gathered at the Indian Embassy and burnt an effigy of Mr. Rao. "The only solution for Hindus is a holy war!" the students chanted.
In Lahore, Muslims used a bulldozer, hammers and hands to demolish the Jain Mandar temple near Punjab University. The police did not intervene. Nor did they act when a crowd stormed the Air-India office, dragged furniture into the street and set it on fire.
In Sukkur, a town in Sind, the police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that attacked shops owned by Hindus.
In Bangladesh, thousands of Muslims broke through police cordons and set fire to the Air-India office in Dhaka, the capital.
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https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/08/world/pakistanis-attack-30-hindu-temples.html
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