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| Hindus set terms for Muslims' return to Gujarat villages |
| 2002-05-14 |
| Muslims who fled their villages to escape India's worst religious violence in a decade say the majority Hindus are setting near-impossible conditions for them to return. "They told us we can go back to the village only if we change our religion and become Hindus," said Noor Mohammed, a farmer from the village of Raichha in Gujarat. "We will give up our lives, but we will never give up our religion." More than 900 people, mostly Muslims, have died since a Muslim mob torched a train carrying Hindu devotees on February 27, killing 59. Another 100,000 Muslims are crammed in relief camps. This is a nice little echo of the VHP/RSS/Shiv Sena line. Things like this — and the original article is much longer — argue pretty strongly against the Paks being the ones pushing the tensions. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Do not mix up 'sectarian violence' with 'cross border terrorism'. The Gujarat killings are unfortunate- say, no minority group can go around torching innocent lives in trains any more. Some learn it the hard way. Pakistan remains the trouble maker. Bearded mountain men cannot get their 'Made in Pakistan' arms from the skies. |
| Posted by: NW 2002-06-02 11:06:14 |