- Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in the Indian city of Ayodhya, on Friday. - The protesters were Hindus marching to defy a ban on rallies in the city, which is the home of a holy site. - claimed by both Hindus and Muslims and a source of violent disputes.. - Police say the trouble began early Friday when they arrested a group of Hindu activists who were marching on Ayodhya's holy site in violation of a ban on public rallies in the town. - The crowd became angry and began throwing stones at police, who responded with tear-gas and rubber bullets.. - The World Hindu Council, or VHP, called Friday's rally a part of their campaign to build a Hindu temple in Ayodhya at a holy site also claimed by Muslims.. - Police arrested VHP leader Ashok Singhal, who called for more Hindus to take to the streets.. - State authorities banned rallies in Ayodhya because they feared violence between Hindus and Muslims over the holy site. - Those riots were sparked when Hindu mobs destroyed a centuries-old mosque in Ayodhya, which they say was built on the site of an earlier temple dedicated to the Hindu god, Rama.. - More than 10 years later, the issue is still sensitive for India's majority Hindus and minority Muslims. - The case is now before the courts, which will decide whether or not the VHP's campaign to build a Hindu temple is legal.. - Local media report that police have begun to release some of the 17,000 activists detained over the past six days for entering Ayodhya in defiance of the ban.
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