 Complete the following phrase:  According to the 1991 census the Coimbatore city had a population of 1.1 million. Until 1997, Tamil Nadu was seen as a communal haven and communal violence was seen as a North Indian phenomenon. In Kerala the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS were attempting to get a hold, the Hindu Muni and Muslim fundamentalist organisation Al-ummah were spreading their wings in Tamil Nadu. The activities of the Hindu Muni, the Hindu Makkal Katchi, and the RSS escalated but went unchallenged during the Jayalalitha government. Al-Umma and the Jihad Committee emerged as fundamentalist responses to this. The Hindutva organisations had been engaged in a concerted effort to spread Hindu nationalism as a political mobilization tactic for a decade before the violence. The Hindu Muni and other Sangh Parivar groups have tried to gain political influence by increasing violence on Tamil Nadus minority communities in Coimbatore and other southern districts. The Muslim fundamentalist organisations were also accused of receiving assistance from foreign forces detrimental to the unity of the country. After the 