People of different faiths rallied
outside Indian consulates in USA
cities on Friday evening to protest against the recent violence in Delhi that
has killed at least 40 plus
people, and injured hundreds.
Outside the Indian consulate in New
York on Friday evening, protesters gathered chanting "Shame!" at officials
as they tried to exit or enter the building.
Earlier
violence erupted in the Indian capital, leading to a three-day-long rampage,
with Hindu mobs attacking Muslim homes, shops and Mosques. The attacks
were carried out on protesters, who have been rallying against a new
citizenship law, after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader
Kapil Mishra threatened peaceful sit-ins would be removed from the streets.
India’s Hindu nationalist government
led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the Citizenship Amendment
Act (CAA) is meant to help
persecuted minorities from neighboring countries, but critics say the law,
which makes faith a basis for granting citizenship, is against the country's secular ethos.
More than 30
people have been killed in a harsh police crackdown on nationwide peaceful
sit-ins against the "anti-Muslim"
law.
A Mosque in Indian capital
set ablaze as police accused of
helping Hindu mob target Muslims and
their properties.
Muslims
say the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is part of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's Hindu supremacist agenda and
is against the country's / world’s secular ethos.
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