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State leaders react sharply over demolition of Babri Mosque

Sharif seeks world bodies’ help to protect minority Muslims in India
ISLAMABAD. Dec 7: Pakis tanl Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called a special cabinet meeting Monday ■ after condemning the "extreme fanaticism* of Hindu militants who sacked a mosque In Ayodhya, India, reports AFP.
This abhorrent act of ex treme fanaticism deserves to be strongly condemned by all civilized countries, and especially those which oppose rel1 gious Intolerance and extremism and uphold human rights." he said.
Sharif called on the interna tional community to seek India's assurances that it will guarantee protection for sacred Islamic sites and the lives and safety of Its Muslim minority against Hindu fanaticism. Muslims make up about 100 million of India's 850 million population.
' The 16th century mosque was torn down Sunday by thousands of Hindus who say it stands on the site of an ancient temple to the Hindu god Rama.
Officials said today's cabinet meeting would study the new situation created by Sunday's riot. Relations between Pakistan and India are already strained.
In Islamabad Islamic Scholars, who held an emergency meeting late Sunday, plan to organise a protest rally in front of the Pakistani parliament and the Indian Embassy later in the week.
Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto called the mosque attack a "day of tragedy and mourning for Muslims the world over."
She said "this act of savagery has not only deeply hurt Muslim sentiments but raised questions about India's proclaimed commitment to secularism."
Bhutto said the Pakistan government should have second thoughts about Sharif meeting with Indian Premier PV Naraslmha Rao in Dhaka at upcoming meeting of the
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Meanwhile, the government has stepped up security to protect Hindu temples througfout Pakistan.
The destruction of the Ayodhya Mosque was front page news in ail Pakistani newspapers with many seeing the latest attack as Justification for the Muslim-Hindu partition of the Sub-continent on independence which gave birth to Pakistan in 1947
Iran
Reuter adds: Iran has condemned the "shameful* destruction of a 16th-century mosque In India by Hindu extremists and called on New Delhi to "restore the injured spirit of Muslims".
"This move was yet another tragedy that has befallen the sanctities and cultural symbols
of the Muslima of India and was a violation of the sanctity of their place of worship and also a blatant violation of India's constitution." the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of Hindu militants demolished the mosque in the north Indian temple town of Ayodhya on Sunday with hammers and their bare hands. They claim It stands on the birthplace of their god king Lord Rama
The statement, read on Iran radio monitored by the British Broadcasting Corporation, said: The Iranian foreign ministry, by condemning this shameful action by extremists, emphasises that It expects the Indian Government to repair the destruction caused, restore the injured spirit on Muslims, confront decisively the elements responsible for this tragedy
and formulate effective preven five measures to atop these kinds of moves."
UAE
AFP from Abudhabi soys: Hundreds of Indian Muslims in the United Arab Emirates forced the country's main gold market to close today to protest the demolition of a mosque in the Indian town of Ayodhya by Hindu Zealots.
Witnesses reached by telephone said police dispersed the demonstrators peacefully In Dubai But the gold market, where most of the shopkeepers are Indians, remained closed.
In Abu Dhabi, some gold and other shops owned by Indians closed today
Indians, many of whom are Hindus, form the largest foreign community in the UAE, accounting for nearly one fifth of the 1.8 million population.