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India-Pakistan
Hindu mob torches Muslims in response to Muslims torching Hindus...
2002-02-28
  • A Hindu crowd set fire to a block of Muslim homes, killing at least 38 people, including a dozen children, amid riots across Gujarat sparked by a Muslim attack on a train full of Hindu nationalists. The violence left at least 58 dead in the state. The army was called out to help restore order and stop looting of shops and hotels. Narendra Modi, the state's chief minister, said the army might also be deployed in some 26 other towns where a curfew was declared.
    Guess I missed the part where it sez it's okay to kill women and little kiddies as long as it's in the name of religion.

    At least 50 buildings, most of them Muslim-owned, were torched in Ahmadabad, sending smoke billowing over the skyline. Hindu gangs went through neighborhoods, chanting, "Hail, Rama!"
    All the other gods must be so envious. Rama's rilly got some pious supporters there, bringing that much honor to his worship. Vishnu and Krishna must be taking the divine gaspipe.

    The nationalist World Hindu Council called for a strike that was in effect Thursday in Gujarat to be expanded nationwide Friday to protest the train attack. Police said 63 people, including two municipal councilors in Godhra, had been arrested on murder charges in the train attack.
    Here's a great negotiating tip for the Paks: Every time the Indos holler about Lashkar-i-Taiba, the Paks can point to World Hindu Council and hold their noses.

    The Hindu Council rejected Vajpayee's plea to help keep peace by dropping the plan to erect the Rama temple in defiance of court orders. Vajpayee has strongly supported the temple construction, but said the government opposes it being done by force.
    "We don't need no stinkin' domestic tranquility and a civil society. We want to have our way."
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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