Religious Divide Widens in Indian City.

India's rising tide of Hindu nationalism is eroding the country's secular underpinnings and presenting one of its biggest challenges: to safeguard freedoms for its Muslim minority. Ayodhya, a small temple city in northern India, has become a religious microcosm of India, where a diverse, multicultural past has gradually been overrun by ruptured relationships between Hindus and Muslims. The city is home to two ordinary citizens, Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi and Swami Ram Das, who embody the opposing sides of a deeply entrenched religious divide.