Behind the communal tensions that have gripped Shimla — the first such flare-up in the state capital in recent history — is a squabble at a barber shop, a mosque built in 1960, apprehensions of “outsiders” pouring into the state, and some political wrangling inside the Himachal Pradesh Assembly.
Amid calls to demolish the four-storey mosque in Sanjauli district, a Muslim welfare committee that runs the religious structure Thursday submitted a memorandum to Shimla’s municipal corporation commissioner, urging him to seal unauthorised portions.
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