Hindus celebrated Ram Navami last week. Before the celebration, the chief minister of West Bengal state, Mamata Banerjee, went to bat for Muslim-exclusive ghettos, warning Hindus to avoid celebrating in those areas. “I want to request those who are carrying out the Ram Navami procession, please do, but do it peacefully. Kindly avoid Muslim areas […]
India: ‘I told him to stay safe but he led a mob attack on my family’
There are innumerable examples of Muslims turning on their non-Muslim friends and/or neighbors. On February 15, 2022 in Egypt, a Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” stabbed his Christian neighbor seven times. The New York Times on June 19, 2013 carried a photo with this caption: “Ibtisam Ali Aboud (with her son Jafar) says that her husband, a Syrian […]
Why do some Muslims throw stones at non-Muslims?
The practice has foundations in the Hadith. “From Kashmir to Ram Navami: Quranic sanctions to ‘stoning’ the Devil and targeting of Kaafirs,” OpIndia, April 11, 2022: …Much like stone-pelting was used as an instrument of defiance against security forces in Kashmir, it was and has been routinely used to target Hindu processions when they pass […]
India: Muslim mob attacks Hindu procession with stones, burns shops and vehicles, three dead
“Deputy Inspector General (Hazaribagh) Upendra Prasad said the trigger for Sunday’s violence was an ‘objectionable’ audio recording played on loudspeakers by a Ram Navami procession passing through Kheergaon area of the town around 11 am. He said members of the minority community admitted that they had objected to the recording, which talked about this being […]