India today is at the center of a very serious problem in the world. It is a very diverse place with people from different religious backgrounds, who speak many different languages ​​and come from many different regions. They are also separated economically. Two religious sects in the country, Muslim and Hindu, have been in conflict for hundreds of years. Their feelings of distrust and hatred towards each other are ingrained over the years and will not go away easily. What is most worrying is that there appears to be no reconciliation plan available. The reasons for this conflict are numerous. Power struggles between the two groups are omnipresent and each group thinks that the other wants to attack it. Hindus make up the majority of India's population, 80 percent, while Muslims are a minority, making up only 14 percent, which is a problem in itself. The feeling of being dominated by the majority comes from being part of the minority. To complicate matters further, controversy surrounds Ayodhya, a holy site in Gujarat claimed by both groups. The Babri Masjid, a Muslim temple in Ayodhya, was burned to the ground by Hindu extremists in 1992 and sparked a wave of violence that resulted in the loss of more than two thousand lives. These Hindu extremists believe the temple rests on the birthplace of Ram, one of Hinduism's most revered deities. They want a temple to be built at the site to commemorate Ram's birth. The Muslims in turn want the Babri mosque to be rebuilt in the same place. Neither side wants to give in and continues to fight. The most threatening conflict between Hindus and Muslims is the province of Kashmir. This is where the decision to divide India between India and Pakistan appears to have been a terrible mistake. Kashmir, which is the only Muslim-majority city in India, lies between divided India and Pakistan. After India's independence in the 1940s, Kashmir had to choose between uniting with India or Pakistan. The prince of Kashmir chose India but Pakistan invaded the province shortly after and has since occupied part of Kashmir. Controversy still surrounds the province today because, understandably, 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..