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In this March 19, 2019, photo, 17th-century Gyanvapi mosque, white structure sandwiched between Hindu temples, is seen in the background as Hindu devotees walk at the site of a proposed grand promenade connecting the sacred Ganges river with a centuries-old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, in Varanasi, India. And some Varanasi Muslims fear the project could embolden Hindu hard-liners who have demanded for decades that the 17th century Gyanvapi mosque – which they claim was built over an earlier Vishwanath temple demolished in the Mughal era – should itself be torn down. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)
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