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| India's Supreme Court has suspended a ruling over the fate of the Ayodhya holy site, where Hindu zealots destroyed a mosque in 1992. | |
| Last December the Allahabad High Court said the land should be divided and that the razed 16th Century Babri Masjid should not be rebuilt. | |
| Hindu and Muslim groups appealed against that verdict, which the court on Monday described as "strange". | |
| This case was launched well before 1992 and centres around who owns the land. | |
| But the destruction of the mosque sparked off some of the worst communal violence in recent Indian history - nearly 2,000 people died in subsequent religious riots across the country. | |
| In December's ruling the Allahabad court said that the site should be split, with the Muslim community getting control of a third, Hindus gaining control of another third and the remainder going to a minority Hindu sect, Nirmohi Akhara, which was one of the early groups to pursue a share of the land in the case. | |
| On Monday, the Supreme Court put the judgement on hold, saying it was "strange". It also said that the division of the disputed land has "opened a litany of litigation". | |
| Hindus claim the site of the Babri Masjid is the birthplace of their deity, Ram, and want to build a temple there. | |
| Muslim groups have argued that the Allahabad court's ruling appeared to be based not on evidence but on the professed beliefs of Hindus. |