A trip to shift gears of war crime. Internationally sorry intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick and the wounded and against medical units using the red cross or red crescent emblem. Is a war crime the number of People Killed by the corona virus has now passed 1800 after china reported 98 more deaths the head of a Major Hospital and one han thats at the center of the outbreak has also died of the virus has sarah cox from hong kong with the latest updates on the situation on the mainland. Today in a bid to try and curb this ongoing outbreak across china the government is in a tough new measures with the focus being on weve had of course this is the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak theyre doing door to door knocking on every single house and what theyre describing as the city wide sweep trying to identify those people are showing any signs of symptoms that are associated with the corona virus now those people who refuse to be tested they face heavy penalties as a result now this is part of a citywide lockdown in who by all cross the who by province this is a that will have alone as 11000000 people now the case numbers may be fulling across china but by province is still quite serious we have at least 50000 cases of infections japan is reporting 88 more corona virus infections on board a quarantined cruise ship in york harbor that brings the number of infected people on the vessel to 540 the government also announced it would begin testing h. I. V. Medication on patients with the new coronavirus south koreas government has sent a president ial jet to remove some of its citizens from that ship 14 have been on the diamond princess for nearly 2 weeks the impact of the corona Virus Outbreak has prompted south korea to declare an economic emergency of the major disruptions to its production and shipping industries. Ukrainian soldier has been killed and several others wounded in the eastern donbass region its the largest attack since the Peace Process was renewed last year ukraine says russian backed separatists are responsible separatists deny the claim saying the soldier was killed when he stepped on a mine the kremlin says it isnt to blame as russia doesnt have a presence in ukraine as soon as the 1st lady has appeared in court in connection with the murder of her husbands previous wife aside the bonnie is charged with ordering the killing of lipo lead author bonnie and 2017 shes been granted bail but was in court for a Pretrial Hearing. Theres been heavy fighting between saudi troops and tribal forces in eastern yemen saudi soldiers attempted to storm the town of shan province near the omani border but would push back the boy scouts of america one of the largest Youth Organizations in the u. S. Has filed for bankruptcy the group says its to ensure compensation for sexual Abuse Victims last year it was revealed that more than 12000. 00 children were reportedly abused while taking possum boy scouts activities. More than 200 flood warnings remain in place across the u. K. After some areas recorded the highest force levels in 40 years 2 storms have bashed in britain in the past week bringing heavy rain and strong winds at least 4 people have died fighting in the u. S. State of mississippi has forced hundreds of people from their homes in the state capital jackson weeks of heavy rain pushed the river to its highest level in 37 years well those are your headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after in search of indias sol so stay with us. My name is artist taseer im a writer and a columnist. In this the 2nd of 2 films im traveling through india the country i grew up in. I want to see for myself the changes taking place amid a rising tide of him look for the hindu 1st politics these ideas which place hindus above people of other faiths stem from the very top leadership in this land of 1300000000 people. I started my journey in the holy city of our and i see in northern india. This is a deeply religious country in the middle of a battle for her soul and it is no surprise that it was this place at the hindu nationalist leader in the ranger mode he chose this election battleground republic sing its powerful symbolism in a new time. Behind this image of a religiously diverse nation india faces a new mini crisis. And minorities including 200000000. 00 muslims fear an underlying current of violence more brutality and death at the hands of hindu diamonds the hardliners claim injustice is against him dues for muslim rule and sentries past justifies their drive to return india to a golden age as they see it and a nation where hindus come 1st hindu is making up to get back the birthplaces of his ancestors and these films ive been asking whether these ideas come from. Following independence in 1947 which was closely intertwined with the bloody episode of partition some people had thought that the politics of division was finally a thing of the past in the newly created secular state of india all would be equal before the law but here the word secular would come to have a particularly indian meaning. Secular in india merely meant a the existence of a profusion of religions all of which were allowed and encouraged by the state to flourish. But over the past few decades a series of events occurred that threaten the very fabric of indias secular identity it set that then tiny b. G. P. Political party on course to become the ruling power they are today on the 6th of december 1902 a crowd of 150000 militants supporters of the pro hindu r. S. S. Descended on the barbary mosque in the northern town of the reputed birthplace of the hindu god rom i was standing next to the mosque when this crowd started increasing the gate broke down and the huge rush of people inside beyond the control of the way that shutdown was a Young Journalist and a key witness to the events that were to unfold. What they started doing was breaking the barricade that was thematic getting all around and the fury that could be even that was visible they walked in within. Half an hour you saw dozens of people at the mosque. With its pro hindu agenda the r. S. S. Had long been agitating to destroy the 16th century mosque built by the mogul ruler barber and reclaimed the sacred ground for him booze for them the existence of the mosque was a long standing move when you saw this thing come down what did you see what i thought about the the social and political back i said well they have now this is a divide that theyve created in the country they are taking us back to 147 when india was divided. In the riots that followed between muslims and hindus some 2000 people were killed for Indian Muslims these events meant much more than just the loss of a defunct building. Businesses and i. Dentity it was not the mosque was not so it was not the mosque that was important for the of that identity so do you feel that that the new politics had been born absolutely feel like a new politics of division of division began. This was a division that would change the face of indian politics one that pushed many among the 80 percent hindu majority to support the b j p at that time a relatively obscure political party. Truly astonishing to hear sherrod story because it makes so clear how the stage was set for this Political Drama to play out in which a defunct mosque became the vessel of religious passions. This hindu reawakening was underlined by a long running t. V. Adaptation of the hindu epic the ra milan for years record numbers of indians were grouped by the series that chronicled the life of lord rum and tapped into a deep sense of pride and nostalgia among them. Its really amazing for me to see because i grew up on the t. V. Serial its the ra milan and it was played to india in the eightys to great passion and large audiences and knowing it has a kind of an edge to it because we have large audiences again were in a stone quarry where the stones are being prepared for a future ram temple where the mosque had been demolished. For 28 years lawyers forto over the rights and wrongs of building a temple to lord ram on the site of the barbary mosque in the meantime the stones for the new temple were caught with the confidence that the situation in favor of building the long awaited temple would surely come. All those words are political tell way of i dont know well lets talk about our thoughts our mighty monday at the door mom. American much more the monarchy at our place or value only because if we didnt in the navy to get political. We think at the levels that. Is news making a hindu is making up to get back down birthplaces of his ancestors. Get me into can go and make use temples in jerusalem no can i go room and build ram temple or hindu temple there no can i go to maka and build a temple there no i will not be allowed. Why we are considered different when the case of your dad comes. It is the but face of arda. What were seeing is the construction of partitions in hearts and minds of millions of people across the country i think hurtling in a direction which is potentially catastrophic. Same to the idea of india that the leadership of the represented was that india would be a country where people dont matter which god you worship or if you were shipped. Like beach you would be if you be an equal citizen that was elected the same true cornerstone of all 40 stood for many of us believe that the show was all for ever but it was not the beauty of it have succeeded in uniting. All communities into believing that theres a common enemy which is the muslim world the also has the backing of the largest Civil Society organization in the world. Which is which is the which is deeply committed to the ideology of indiscipline this is. The campaign to get back the sides of the barbary mosque for the hindus had been running for years. But the act that made it possible came from a completely unexpected event one that played into a negative narrative about muslims and secularism promoted by the r. S. S. In 96 and otherwise obscure family dispute involving a muslim couple that became known as the shah bano case reached the Supreme Court in delhi. The has been claimed he divorced his wife islamic lee by saying they were to lock on 3 occasions. Are if Muhammad Khan was a cabinet minister at the time clock just repeat it thrice and its all over and now we have cause for the Court Advocate divorce and you had not divorce had on the day you had devoted to. Undermine to secular law the court refused to recognize the triple telarc islamic divorce he was ordered to pay his wife maintenance Congress Party pm and member of the narrow gandhi did misty rajiv gandhi initially supported the judgment his 1st instinct was the right one which was to back the Supreme Court decision that granted this poor old lady alimony and to encourage his cabinet minutes out of moment come you spoken to to sister in parliament and to say so with some courage and lehmanns. The personal low board which represented muslims claim the award was against islamic law angry clerics demonstrated outside parliament. The stand of the parcel of board was that these judgement is against islam this is interference in the slum called therefore it must be rajiv gandhi buckled under the protest of conservative clerics he went back on his decision and passed a bill that reversed the Supreme Court ruling the case would now be judged under muslim personal law in titling the wife just 3 months maintenance seeing this is an assault on womens rights progressive muslims and many hindus were appalled company came under attack from both sides. Rajiv gandhi did the worst mistake of his life by extending to these conservative elements and overturning the Supreme Court judgement and taking away her date to maintenance indian politics took a turn from that family davies and was dead the language which was the spoke threatening language our excite parliament in the meeting of the parts of a low board open call was given to brag but the leads of all those m. P. s who defied reports and if it is which was. A keen and again definitively. Supreme court which at that will smash the Supreme Court may just pieces. There was a discourse about appeasement to muslims the idea that people have done too much for muslims. Many hindus were angered at what they saw as the state caving in to muslim demands. For years the pro hindu r. S. S. Had agitated to access to the barbary mosque in new york here. To placate them rajiv gandhi ordered the site to be open for him to prat. A decision that has had deadly consequences ever since. On february 27th 2002 a train was set alight just outside go dressed asian in the Western State of gujarat. 58 hindu pilgrims were burnt to death theyd been returning home from the barbary mosque in new york here. There was an outcry and mobs of hindu hardliners took to the streets. Danica start up again as hard as get their window but we havent heard our good idea her or him door go clear. Pull her to her instead of handing the dead to their families the bodies were transported nearly 200 kilometers to the town of under about to be paraded through the streets you can tell yourself talon local act on local be just because a lot out there are just for gases and nature in the asylum i dont get a lot out what role then. Got done many how the mind of it is going up or to meet italy any suggest that he got his days conditioned and why. The reading 58. 00 charged corpses through the streets was always likely to provoke further violence. But permission for the reportedly came from the then chief minister of. The rain through modi himself. In the ensuing riots over a 1000 were killed 3 quarters of them muslims. In danger 92 when the mosque was the morning india changed for they were. The issue of the charbonneau. Be emotive and important. The riots in. The sequence of events. That charted the path and lead the foundation for the ease of hindu supreme assist politics and late to the emergence of this leader in the mood. For long hours the good dr state authorities stood by as rioting took place prompting allegations of state complicity. Saying forget i was a young Police Constable his unit was kept in active as people were massacred. In the run up by p. M. S. Police or they can also has a thing public that cigar was your body of. One point hard tanita well generally that or a matter of degree but that because you get out there that. I. Dont know. But. You know soon margaret was just 10 years old when the attacks took place. The family. Needed the money. But they didnt know was that theyd want to try. Again good idea if you dont. Be a nobody. If you dont know. What im. Not. Even. Sure he she was at home with her husband and 3 small true. He couldnt finish the mission the said by heart of the modernity but the town itself ok what he said. About china getting about 70 finding too late getting to tell all the what they were. Bustling 10 minute show with a barely but its clear. They want us how many times. Advice would be needed and now sneak out again maybe go away. For legit complicity in allowing the mob violence and killings to go unchecked during their body was barred from visiting the us a ban that lasted for 10 years. Indias top court has ruled that a disputed religious site be given to hindus for the construction of a temple hindu hard liners destroyed a 16th century mosque in 1992 sparking riots that killed at least 2000 people. I find myself wondering how far do these events ive loved about on this journey represents an attempt at a historical record are we witnessing a recommitting of the secular character of most men do that set of rules on which the newly founded country was established. Can. Invent in there without taking into account tragedies of more than those how much weve tried to sanitize i dont think the people in the muslims of today should be blamed for what i have to do if i received their list particularly trying. To see that it didnt happen gets peoples backs its not evil securitisation its the reaction. This secularization all by pretending that it was all a happy family all along it was and it was a very troubled history. In the muslim world to accept that yes we are muslims and we shall remain muslim but our ancestors of the same as yours i would say 99 percent of the problems with the muslims of meal because of the way they are portrayed is the descendants of the murders of the looters and butchers and rapists the making common cause with people who broke the long temple the Krishna Temple the kashi we shall not temple 40000 other temples but its true that they are converted. I think was a full force here for 2 months a backlash you might call it and the need for a strong leader combined with the need to assert what they thought was the hindu identity and by implication the best latent. People are coming back to the word the people are thinking to come back to be a who they are feeling that. Right the connect with their roots and their groups does not lie in. Identity is connected with. Whether i have converted to islam my true identity was before the islam we are not proud of identify oneself with baba they were they made us. The hindu for our view of the past might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave the non hindus naseer room became acutely aware of the challenges facing her muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings shes written a book about saad says i kept waiting for my teacher to react in school the class me. I was silent i didnt respond and i just kept sitting there i didnt really know what to do. What is it like now to grow up as a muslim child in india take you through one story in your book the boys called house and they they come and call him to go to this Birthday Party and then a few minutes later he comes back home the boy refused to let him maintain his house and said that he cannot share the cake with you you cannot eat together. My parents dont want you at my house and the mother said i did. Was your experience growing up in india what when you say look at yourself in context of these stories what was it like for you i grew up in a different india i think it was also because of the larger narrative i doubt if we can even see the same country and. You know all we had that one National Television channel to the ocean which would have this little girl who would sing. How there are so many different kinds of birds but and we had all those different ki