Delhi Riots: Mosque Set on Fire

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https://thewire.in/communalism/delhi-violence-mosque-set-on-fire-in-ashok-vihar-hanuman-flag-placed-on-top/amp/

A mosque in Ashok Nagar was set on fire late on Tuesday afternoon. A mob shouting “Jai Shri Ram” and “Hinduon ka Hindustan” paraded around the burning mosque, and a Hanuman flag was placed on the minaret of the masjid.

In video footage that has since emerged on Twitter, one of the mob is seen climbing up the minaret with an Indian flag in his hand. He attempts to pull down a section of the minaret but does not apparently succeed.

Since Sunday evening, Delhi has seen riots and targeted violence, triggered by BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s ‘ultimatum’ to the Delhi Police that the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters and Jaffrabad and Chandbagh should be removed within three days.

At least ten people have been killed in the violence, including a head constable. In many areas, police have been accused of siding with Hindutva groups in attacking Muslims. On Tuesday, several journalists were also attacked, with mobs snatching phones and forcefully deleting videos or photos that recorded instances of arson and vandalism.

This could get way, way, way out of hand very quickly

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. ETTD

As Rick Wilson might say.

[lapfog_1]

2. Modi is the unseen hand behind the riots.

the spiritual leadert of the Hindu Nationalist Party.

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3. I don't even like the word "riot". These are pogroms.

Unfortunately it's the only kind of "leadership" Modi knows.

[lapfog_1]

5. yeah... I didn't want it to sound too much

Germany in the 1930s... but that is where they are at.

Just as an aside, the Hindu Nationalists were big fans of Hitler.

[applegrove]

9. +100

[Mister Ed]

4. Shades of Kristallnacht....n/t

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Is the whole world on fire before the climate castastrophe hits full force?

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10. Bingo. The right does have a plan for climate change, and you're seeing it in real time (nt)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. This will get much worse before it gets better.

[abqtommy]

8. It is a great pity that human memories are shitty. White people, black and brown keep trying

to burn the whole place down.* Having lived in West Pakistan I don't expect the majority-muslim countries Pakistan and Bangladesh that sit on either side of India to put up with this for long.

* Nationalists/Supremacists all have the same basic goals. The current news from the U.S.A., Europe,
Asia and Africa prove this. sarcasm on: Aren't we lucky to have tRUMP to bring peace to the world?
sarcasm off