> Social media fuels Hindu 'victimhood', says historian as extremists target Muslim sites in India / 3
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Social media fuels Hindu 'victimhood', says historian as extremists target Muslim sites in India / 3
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Thirty years after mobs demolished a historic mosque in Ayodhya, triggering a wave of sectarian bloodshed that saw thousands killed, fundamentalist Indian Hindu groups are eyeing other Muslim sites -- even the world-famous Taj Mahal.
Despite no credible evidence, some right-wing Hindus believe that the 17th-century mausoleum was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan on the site of a Shiva shrine.
Historian Rana Safvi says such claims were born from a "very sparse" knowledge of the past, and blames misinformation on social media for fuelling "sense of victimhood" among some Hindu groups. FILE IMAGES and SOUNDBITES from historian