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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
– INDIA
INDIA, an independent democracy from 08/15/1947, on the Western coast of the Pacific Ocean and on the Eastern side of the INDIAN Ocean, is a part of Pacific Asia, stretches on 3,288,000 km, the 7th largest country in the world, and has a population estimated about 1,150,000,000 – the second populated country in the world after China.
INDIA has a very varied population speaking many different languages, 18 of them official languages and believing many faiths, though two religions are dominant in the INDIAN Society: Hinduism, close to 80% and Islam about 17%.
Because of the diversity of languages, sects, beliefs, traditions and nations INDIA always suffered from some sectarian and religious tensions and eruption of violence. In INDIA the relations between Muslim minority and Hindu majority were no exception.
When the British left the INDIAN subcontinent in 1947 they created and left behind two states: a Muslim dominated state – Pakistan, which included, up to the INDIAN -Pakistani war of 1971, Bangladesh and a Hindu dominated state –INDIA. The partition caused a wave of violence, mutual massacres of millions and the uprooting of about 14 millions from their homes.
Kashmir, on the Northern border between INDIA and Pakistan, which was with a Muslim majority but with many Hindus living in South East Kashmir, was divided, temporarily, between INDIA and Pakistan and cause, ever since, to an ongoing conflict between the two countries about the final status of Kashmir. This conflict caused 3 wars between INDIA and Pakistan, an ongoing bloody guerilla of Muslims in Kashmir against the INDIAN regime, which is supported by the Pakistani regime and its notorious secret service – ISI, and a constant military tension between the countries which has, now, also military nuclear capacity.
After the War in Afghanistan ended in 1989, many of the Mujahidin ( Holy Warriors) from Afghanistan, with the support and direction of ISI, were transferred to Kashmir and changed the conflict in Kashmir to a holy religious war rather then a secular sectarian conflict (see – Bleeding Kashmir ).
Most of the Islamic militancy in INDIA and the terror attacks are directly related to the conflict in Kashmir, to the background support of ISI and to Pakistani based terror groups and not to the relations between Muslims and Hindus in INDIA itself.
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