Muslims

Reactions on India's sectarian riots

Mar 12, 2020 04:11

The violence raged across the north-east of India’s capital for four days as Mosques were set alight, Muslims were burned alive in their homes or dragged out into the streets and lynched. Muslim businesses and property were also set alight. The police have been accused of enabling, encouraging or even joining the Hindu mobs. The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the Indian parliament in December last year sparking protests and riots across the country.
Iran's Assembly of Experts urges India to stop violence against Muslims

Mar 11, 2020 04:59

Iran’s Assembly of Experts has denounced the massacre of Muslims and the destruction of mosques and religious places at the hands of pro-government Hindu mobs in India, urging New Delhi to take swift action to end the crimes.
India ingratiating itself with US through anti-Muslim violence: Iranian MP

Mar 09, 2020 02:30

Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini condemned recent killings of Muslims in India and said the New Delhi government is ingratiating itself with the US by remaining silent on such crimes.
Iran: NGOs, student organizations urge UN to end brutality against Muslims in India

Mar 08, 2020 16:07

A large group of Iranian student organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals have penned a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, asking her to take decisive action to end the ongoing wave of violent attacks and brutality against Muslims in India.
Leader: India must stop killing Muslims to avoid isolation in Muslim world

Mar 05, 2020 11:01

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned the government of India against continued massacre of Muslims, saying that the current pogrom going on against Muslim people in the South Asian country will lead to isolation of New Delhi in the Islamic world.
Amid anti-Muslim violence, India sees more protests

Mar 04, 2020 14:23

In India, latest reports are of more protests amid a recent wave of sectarian riot which has left several dozen Muslims dead and hundreds more injured in the capital New Delhi over a time span of one week.
Pakistan supports Iran’s censuring of organized anti-Muslim violence in India

Mar 04, 2020 05:52

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has supported Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s condemnation of organized violence against Muslims in India.
India: Modi breaks silence over sectarian violence

Feb 26, 2020 14:13

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for calm following days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims that left nearly two dozen people dead and hundreds more injured across the capital New Delhi.
Man storms building and attacks worshipper while he prays

Feb 20, 2020 15:41

London police have arrested a man on Thursday after a stabbing at a mosque near Regents Park which injured one person. Police officers, called to the holy building at 3:15pm, found that a man in his 70’s had sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
India: Over 430 Dalits convert to Islam in Southern India

Feb 13, 2020 09:28

Complaining about discrimination from the authorities in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, about 3,000 Dalits (also known as "untouchables," are members of the lowest social group in the Hindu caste system) in a small village near Coimbatore, had on January 5 announced their intention to convert to Islam in phases.