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India-Pakistan
Friday prayers emerge as sites of support, protest gatherings
2019-12-22
[HindustanTimes] The Friday namaz at various mosques across the country emerged as points of congregation that transformed into protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, as police in several cities banned public gatherings in a bid to stop escalation in demonstrations against the controversial law.

In many places, people across faiths and communities appeared to join in the protests, which still centered around the Friday noon prayers, considered by Moslems to be the holiest of the week. This trend was visible from Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
to Telangana, and Gujarat
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  ^Have some Muslim religious leader proclaim the rioters apostates.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-22 13:52  

#5  If mosques are exhorting violent protest, shut them down "for the duration".
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2019-12-22 13:49  

#4  Nothing like Friday prayer to whip Muzzies into a frenzy. Hopefully, in India you learned from our experience - f*ck "international" opinion.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-22 01:53  

#3  Must have been hell on the nerves, grom. I can only imagine. If I was ever in that situation I'd lose it.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-22 01:44  

#2  Nostalgia (I served in Intifada I)
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-22 01:40  

#1  
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-22 00:56  

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