ANTI-MUSLIM VIOLENCE IN DELHI - RALLY / PROTEST IN US CITIES

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.