Pakistan, Sept. 12 -- Widespread condemnation at home and abroad followed the demolition of a century-old mosque in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on September 5, 2026, as critics denounced the move as an overt manifestation of state-supported Islamophobia.The operation was carried out under heavy security shortly after a local district court dismissed the mosque committee's appeal and upheld an order declaring the structure an illegal encroachment on government land. Opponents of the action argue that the legal justification was a mere pretext used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to advance a divisive, majoritarian agenda. Religious and local political representatives of the Muslim community highlighted that the mosque committee had prov...