After a few months’ break, the Gyanvapi mosque controversy has returned to the news cycle. Yesterday, the Varanasi district court upheld the maintainability of a petition filed by five Hindu women who sought the right to worship in the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque. The women claimed the mosque has idols of Hindu gods inside its premises.
Protests had broken out earlier this year when a civil court had ordered the filming of the mosque based on the women’s petition. Given the sensitivity of the issue, did India’s leading English newspapers produce editorials on it?
