Identity

Fig. N – J.S. Hawley, “Ayodhya and the Momentum of Religious Nationalism”

Hindu volunteer wounded in the assault on the Babri Mosque in 1990, shown on the cover of an illustrated pamphlet commemorating that event. Purchased in Ayodhya, January, 1993.

Fig. 11 – J.S. Hawley, “Ayodhya and the Momentum of Religious Nationalism”

“Most of the people who worship here are Hindus”:
Muslim leader surveying the wreckage of the tomb of Sisle Hazrat Islam, Ayodhya, January, 2003.

Fig. 12 – Vasudha Narayanan, “Shared Ritual Spaces: Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid”

Muslim descendents of Shahul Hamid say prayers for Hindu clientele, Nagore, Tamil Nadu.

Fig. 13 – Vasudha Narayanan, “Shared Ritual Spaces: Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid”

Fatimah, the shrine elephant — after the fashion of Hindu temple elephants,
but with Islamic insignia. Nagore, Tamil Nadu.