Nuh Riots Correspond to Larger Persecution of Region's Muslims: Fact-Finding Team
A fact-finding team constituted by the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism found that Nuh's residents were resentful about how easily its Muslim youth were abducted or killed while the culprits enjoyed impunity.
Two months after violence hit Delhi’s corporate suburb, Muslims who fled their temporary houses to go back to West Bengal, where they felt safer, are back. At home, in some of the State’s least developed areas mainly bordering Bangladesh, there are few jobs and little opportunity. Caught between hunger pangs and threats, Alisha Dutta and Samridhi Tewari ask why they picked the latter.
In Opening Session Speech, UN Human Rights Chief Raises Manipur and Nuh Violence
Speaking on the situation in India, Volker Türk said that his office “frequently receives information that marginalised minority communities are subjected to violence and discrimination”.
After Nuh Violence, Farmers and Khap Panchayats in Mewat Stand Up Against Hate
Since July 31, farmers have held three major meetings in the region to counter the communal build-up in Haryana. Besides, over 20 Khap panchayat meetings have been held since anti-Muslim violence rocked Nuh and Gurugram.
The recent communal violence in Nuh and the government's punitive measures have further dispossessed its Muslim residents, already victims of cow vigilantes and of poverty, writes Harsh Mander.
How India's Bulldozers Became a Vehicle of Injustice
In many BJP-governed states, especially in northern India, demolition drives have not only become a common tactic to quash Muslim dissent, but bulldozers have evolved as a Hindu-nationalist symbol. They feature during election victories, in parade floats in both India and abroad, on packets of chips, and in several Hindu nationalist anthems.
Demolitions as state-sanctioned collective punishment
Abandoning the rule of law for ‘bulldozer justice’ is the first step towards an authoritarian society where ensuring a person’s safety, life and liberty will be at the whims and fancies of state officials, writes Gautam Bhatia.
Haryana: Resolutions banning entry of Muslims traders withdrawn after authorities send show-cause notice
On August 3 and 4, around 50 village panchayats from three districts collectively signed boycott letters against Muslim traders, renting houses to Muslims.
50 panchayats in 3 Haryana districts issue letters barring entry of Muslim traders
Most of the villages barely have any residents from the minority community, with a few exceptions of families that have been living for three to four generations. "We don't intend to hurt anyone's religious sentiments," the letters read.
'Buildings Of Particular Community Brought Down As Exercise Of Ethnic Cleansing?' : Punjab & Haryana High Court Asks On Nuh-Gurugram Demolitions
While staying the demolition drive carried out by the Haryana authorities in communal violence-hit Nuh and Gurugram, the Punjab & Haryana High Court made certain strong critical observations.
Rage, Riots & State-Led Retribution: Reconstructing Haryana’s Week Of Violence
After six people in a religious procession—infiltrated by Hindu extremists wielding swords and firing guns—were killed in an attack by Muslims, four Muslims died in retaliation. As rioting reached Delhi’s doorstep, hundreds of Muslims fled or stayed away from work. Then, the State stepped in, detaining nearly 150 Muslims, including minors, and demolishing Muslim properties. Article14 visited a terrorised village emptied of Muslim men, while Islamophobic rallies continued unhindered, and the cow vigilantes who incited the armed mob stayed free, one facing charges of killing Muslims.
How Sikh community rushed to rescue of Sohna mosque residents
A mob allegedly attacked the mosque on Tuesday. Police said an FIR has been registered against unknown persons. Action was taken when locals informed them about the incident, said the police.
Haryana Violence: How Provocative Videos and a Background of Hate Preceded the Nuh Riots
While communal tensions in the areas have been on the rise for the past two years, protests in Nuh against cow vigilantism – including by Muslim families of victims – escalated after the killing of Junaid and Nasir. Alishan Jafri writes.