2. Research the relationship between Hinduism and Islam in India today. Describe a recent incident that illustrates the tension between them.
Today, the Hindus and the Muslims is India still do not like each other. The two groups mainly feud over land, and religious issues. The territory that they have been fighting over for centuries, and are still fighting over is called Kashmir. Kashmir is at the border of Pakistan and India, and that causes most of the conflict.
A recent conflict would be at Gandhi's birthplace of Gujarat. It has been the site of Muslims attacking the Hindus. The Muslims set fire to a train and in the process killed 58 Hindus. This sparked an all out bloodbath and it was guessed that 500,000 people died. Although nothing as big as the bloodbath has happened in a while, there is still Hindu against Muslim killings throughout India.
Sources
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t3w30pakistanindia.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week538/cover.html
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