21.   The Congress Party blames the BJP for destroying an ancient mosque more than five years ago.

22.   The party had also promised to build a new temple in Ayodhya at the site of an ancient mosque destroyed by Hindu radicals.

23.   The RSS has said it would not relent in its campaign to build the temple at Ayodhya and to demolish other ancient Muslim mosques adjacent to large Hindu temples.

24.   The riots were a fallout of the destruction of an ancient mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya.

25.   The town was mostly quiet Friday, but in Pakistan-held Kashmir demonstrators declared a day of mourning for the destruction of the ancient mosque.

26.   Thousands of soldiers and police surrounded an ancient mosque in northern India on Monday as a banned group of Hindu radicals launched a campaign to destroy it.

27.   To stem protests from Muslims in Kashmir, the government Tuesday offered safe passage to foreign militants hiding in an ancient mosque, a news agency reported.