Source: http://www.indianmuslimobserver.com/2012/11/indian-american-muslims-condemn.html
By Staff Reporter

Muslims in India and around the world are condemning the attempts by some miscreants who are trying to illegally build a full fledged Hindu temple along the wall of the world renowned, four hundred year old Charminar monument in Hyderabad city, thereby disfiguring it.

The grand Charminar monument comprising of four lofty minarets was built in 1591 by Sultan Quli Qutub Shah, the fifth king of the Qutub Shahi dynasty that ruled vast areas of present day Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka for over 300 years. The Andhra Pradesh High Court and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently issued an order to the state government to not allow any construction on the said temple.

Yet, in brazen violation of the High Court order the miscreants have tried to build this temple that they call Bhagyalakshmi temple for nearly sixty years. It is actually a small stone idol on the sidewalk of Charminar, which they have attempted to expand. Now with the help from police and state authorities the miscreants have carried out some construction, like building of the structure of a canopy and walls. What is most regrettable is that the Andhra Pradesh government led by the Congress party has abetted with the miscreants in carrying out the illegal construction.

Temple at Charminar

This incident has created much Hindu-Muslim tension in the city of Hyderabad along religious lines, and the natural response of violence and rioting. The Muslim community of Hyderabad is rightfully agitated. Majlis Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen (MIM)… Read More at [Indian Muslim Observer]

Police confront mobs in Old City area of Hyderabad
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/police-confront-mobs-in-old-city-area-of-hyderabad/article4101456.ece
By Staff Reporter

Armed police lob tear gas as crowds returning from Friday prayers at Mecca Masjid indulged in stone throwing and violence in the Old City area of Hyderabad. Photo P.V. Sivakumar

Rapid Action Force personnel baton charge crowds indulging in violence after Friday prayers in the Old City area of Hyderabad as tensions escalated over the proposed expansion of the Bhagyalaxmi temple abutting Charminar. Photo P.V. SIVAKUMAR

Vehicles burn near Pathergatti in the Old City of Hyderabad as violence erupted following Friday prayers at Mecca Masjid.. Photo P.V. SIVAKUMAR

Trouble broke out immediately after the Friday prayers in the historic Mecca Masjid. Police lobbed tear gas cannisters after the repeated lathicharges proved ineffective to quell unruly mobs near Charminar on Friday afternoon.A tense situation prevailed in the Old City as the huge crowd began thorwing stones on the police.

Following the police action, crowds are reported to be targeting the business establishments in lanes and by-lanes.

Read more on the Charminar Temple issue @ The Hindu