Reports are emerging of widespread anti-#Muslim violence in Delhi, India. Mosques have been set aflame, Muslim neighborhoods attacked, and Muslim cemeteries desecrated by Hindu-nationalist mobs.
Following is a thread of news and analysis as it breaks.
#DelhiRiots2020
Following is a thread of news and analysis as it breaks.
#DelhiRiots2020
When @thewire_in interviewed a pro-government #Hindutva group about the violence, they replied:
"How dare they protest like this in our country? Is it (their) country? It is our country. We will show them their place."
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"How dare they protest like this in our country? Is it (their) country? It is our country. We will show them their place."
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Reporting for Vice, @tim_hume writes — Hindu nationalist mobs are hunting and beating #Muslims:
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@tim_hume A mob shouting “Jai Shri Ram” and “Hinduon ka Hindustan” set fire to a mosque in Ashok Nagar before parading around the burning mosque and placing a Hanuman flag on the minaret of the masjid. — @therealnaomib reports
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@tim_hume @therealnaomib Although @DelhiPolice says there's "sufficient forces on the ground," @BhardwajAnanya reports on the desecration of a #Muslim cemetery by mobs 100 meters from a police station: "There was not a single policeman in the vicinity to stop them.
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@tim_hume @therealnaomib @DelhiPolice @BhardwajAnanya According to Reuters, at least 200 have been injured in the #DelhiRiots, and at least 20 have been killed.
As India's capital burned, PM #Modi tweeted: “Peace and harmony are central to our ethos."
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As India's capital burned, PM #Modi tweeted: “Peace and harmony are central to our ethos."
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@tim_hume @therealnaomib @DelhiPolice @BhardwajAnanya One of those killed is 85 year old Akbari, who became trapped in the third floor of a building that had been set aflame by a mob.
@AarefaJohari reports:
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@AarefaJohari reports:
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@tim_hume @therealnaomib @DelhiPolice @BhardwajAnanya @AarefaJohari This video shot by @AvichalDubey of @thewire_in allegedly shows the moment when Hindu-nationalist mobs climbed the minaret of a mosque to hoist a Hanuman flag on it.
@tim_hume @therealnaomib @DelhiPolice @BhardwajAnanya @AarefaJohari @AvichalDubey @thewire_in The #DelhiRiots started during Trump's visit to India, even as the U.S President lauded Modi's leadership.
Our recommended read today is by @jasonintrator on the common thread tying the two strongmen:policies designed to demonize minority groups
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Our recommended read today is by @jasonintrator on the common thread tying the two strongmen:policies designed to demonize minority groups
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@tim_hume @therealnaomib @DelhiPolice @BhardwajAnanya @AarefaJohari @AvichalDubey @thewire_in @jasonintrator “We did talk about religious freedom, and I will say that the prime minister was incredible on what he told me. He wants people to have religious freedom, and very strongly.”
- Donald Trump when asked about religious freedom in #Modi's India:
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- Donald Trump when asked about religious freedom in #Modi's India:
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@tim_hume @therealnaomib @DelhiPolice @BhardwajAnanya @AarefaJohari @AvichalDubey @thewire_in @jasonintrator "At least three mosques were torched, as were scores of homes and businesses. Witnesses said that instead of stopping the violence, police joined crowds shouting #Hindu nationalist slogans and fired indiscriminately."
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Senator @BernieSanders addresses the violence in India, calls Trump's non-response a "failure of leadership on human rights."
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