In Gujarat state, democracy is now compulsory. This is uniquely hypocritical for Gujarat, but that aside, how does this square with the idea of liberty?
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johnpi
All India Muslim Board approves of Liberhan report, which was the official inquiry into the destruction of the Babri Mosque in 1992, and when communal riots led to the deaths by mob violence of many Muslims.
The Muslim Board, however, opposes the Prevention of Communal Violence Act. The proposed law “would only end up leaving Muslims at the receiving end, as it bestows unbridled powers on the local administration and the police who were generally biased towards Muslims,” said the board’s secretary general, Abdul Rahim Quraishi. He added:
What was quite surprising was that the draft bill has no provision for action against those who instigate violence, as also against those involved in conspiring violence and it tends to rope in only those who were found to be indulging in actually violence, thereby allowing the masterminds to have a free run.
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johnpi
Modi heaped abuse on Muslim MP who called for help during India’s 2002 anti-Muslim massacres.
A key witness in the Gulbarg massacre case has told a special court that chief minister Narendra Modi had abused former MP Ahsan Jafri when he called him for help on February 28, 2002.
Imtiyaz Saeedkhan Pathan, the first star witness to give testimony, recounted events of that day and said when they asked Jafri why police hadn’t come to their rescue, the former parliamentarian told them that he would call up Modi for help. “When I asked him what Modi said, he said there was no question of help, instead he got abuses,” Pathan told court.
Jafri was sheltering 69 people in his house at that time when the massacre reached his area. He was among those who were killed – his body was never found.
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razib, murtad fitri
Shadows of Violence Cling to Indian Politician:
Narendra Modi, India’s most incendiary politician, is trying to cast himself as the vanguard of India’s modern industrial future. The ghosts of this city’s savage past, though, are refusing to leave his side.
Mr. Modi, 59, is the thrice-elected chief minister of the western state of Gujarat. On his watch, this city witnessed one of the worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence in the history of independent India: in the spring of 2002, mostly over three days, 1,180 people were killed across the state. Most were Muslims. Mr. Modi’s administration was accused of doing little to stop the fury and on occasion, abetting it.
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thabet
The Indian Supreme Court has said the role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat violence should be investigated.
Modi is still scheduled to speak to ‘business leaders’ in the UK in early mid-May (19-20).
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thabet
The Butcher of Gujarat heads for London.
(Via PP.)
