Yashraj Sharma

Yashraj Sharma is an author at Religion News Service.

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‘Run or die’: Muslims left mourning as police raze another mosque in northern India

By Yashraj Sharma — March 4, 2024
HALDWANI, India (RNS) — After local authorities razed a mosque and religious school, police cracked down on Muslim protesters, killing six and arresting nearly 80 before returning in the following days to wreak havoc in the city's Muslim ghetto.

In new temple to Lord Ram, the Indian city of Ayodhya hopes to shed a disturbing history

By Richa Karmarkar and Yashraj Sharma — January 12, 2024
AYODHYA, India (RNS) — Once a quaint town, this 2,500-year-old city will soon complete a transformation into a global pilgrimage site that will outstrip its renown as a center of Hindu nationalist violence.

Punjab’s ‘Aeroplane’ temple: Where India-Canada tensions meet Sikh anxiety

By Yashraj Sharma — October 16, 2023
JALANDHAR, India (RNS) — Thousands of families in Punjab — who have migrated for the Big Canadian Dream for decades — have found themselves left in the lurch by the transnational crisis.
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