India is today at the center of a very serious problem in the world. It is a very diverse place, with people from different religious backgrounds, speaking many different languages ​​and coming from many different regions. They are also separated economically. Two religious sects in the country, the Muslim and the Hindu, have been in conflict for hundreds of years. Their feelings of distrust and hatred for each other are rooted in all those years and won't go away easily. The most disturbing thing is that there appears to be no reconciliation plan available. There are numerous reasons for this conflict. Power struggles between the two groups are always present and each group thinks the other is out to take them. Hindus make up the majority of India's population (80%), while Muslims are a minority, accounting for only 14%, which is a problem in itself. The feeling of being dominated by the majority comes from belonging to the minority. Complicating matters even more is the controversy surrounding Ayodhya, a sacred site in Gujarat claimed by both groups. The Babri Masjid, a Muslim temple in Ayodhya, was razed by Hindu extremists in 1992 and caused a wave of violence that claimed more than two thousand lives. These Hindu extremists believe that the temple is located on the birthplace of Ram, one of Hinduism's most revered deities. They want a temple to be built on the site to commemorate Ram's birth. Muslims in turn want the Babri Masjid to be rebuilt on the same spot. Neither side wants to give up and currently continues to fight. The most threatening conflict between Hindus and Muslims is the province of Kashmir. This is where the decision to divide India into India and Pakistan appears to have been a terrible mistake. Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority city, lies between divided India and Pakistan. After India's independence in the 1940s, Kashmir had to choose whether to join India or Pakistan. The prince of Kashmir chose India, but soon after Pakistan invaded the province and has occupied part of Kashmir ever since. Controversy still surrounds the province today because, of course, Muslims want to control it. While many Muslims moved to Pakistan and Hindus to India, half of the Muslim population remained in India and their relations did not improve after being partially separated.