Naming the Deity, Naming the City: Rama and Ayodhya by Deepak Mehta

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THE JUDICIAL RULINGS PERTAINING TO THE HAGIA SOPHIA IN TURKEY AND THE BABRI MOSQUE IN INDIA: An Analysis by Mohammad Shekaib Alam, Zaid Khaliq

“…<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>On November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court of India issued a ruling allowing for the construction of a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Ram on the site of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttara Pradesh. Similarly, on July 10, 2020, the State of Council, the highest administrative court in Turkey, issued an order to convert the status of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia from a museum back into a mosque. …”
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Free speech, ban and “fatwa”: a study of the Taslima Nasrin affair by Hasan, Md. Mahmudul

“…Of all her banned books, Lajja drew the widest international attention, and that, as many commentators argue, was especially because of the involvement of the Indian establishment and media that sought to distract the world’s concern away from religious tensions and communal strife in India in the wake of the Babri Masjid’s demolition in 1992. Despite this political debate, the Taslima Nasrin affair is sometimes used to reinforce the binary between Islam and free speech, and the writer represented as a wronged woman of Bangladesh’s Islamic patriarchy. …”
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Rāma: Helt, gud og politisk symbol by Rasmus Reinvang

“…Political campaigns and the conflict around the Babri-masjid in Ayodhyā, are highlighted in order to show how Rāma, through the stratagems of the Hindu nationalistic movement, has recently emerged as a symbol of an aggressive Hindu consciousness. …”
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