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Jahangirpuri
Anti Muslim Pogroms
Muslim Men Leaving Jahangirpuri Out of Fear of Police Harassment, Say Locals
By Nikita Jain and Sumedha Pal / The Wire
Jahangirpuri (New Delhi): A number of Muslim residents of Jahangirpuri, which was witness to communal violence during...
Anti Muslim Pogroms
‘We Begged Them to Spare Our Shops’
By Haziq Qadri / Foreign Policy
NEW DELHI—On April 20, Rahima Bibi stood helpless under the blazing sun as a bulldozer tore through her small tea...
Hindutva in Executive
Is Police Action in Jahangirpuri Violence Following 2020 Delhi Riots Probe Pattern?
By Tarique Anwar, Mukund Jha / News Click
New Delhi: The city police is again being accused of “targeting” Muslims by making “one-sided” arrests of persons...
Hindutva in Executive
Delhi Police accompanied the illegal procession that led to Jahangirpuri violence, says court
A Delhi court has observed that there was “utter failure” on part of the police in stopping the Hanuman Jayanti procession that was carried...
Hindutva in Judiciary
Justice in India is growing ever more partisan
When indians think of how the law works, speed is not what comes to mind. An average case in the lower courts takes five years...
Muslims
How the Jahangirpuri Demolition Destroyed Lives of India’s Poorest Women
By Farah Naqvi and Navsharan Singh / The Wire
“If it wasn’t for us Delhi would be buried under its own garbage!” The words burst...
Communalism
Indian police arrest ‘members of right-wing group’ for desecrating mosques
Police in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested seven people for allegedly throwing pieces of pork, letters abusing Muslims and torn pages...
Muslims
‘Bulldozer politics’ crushes lives of Muslims in BJP ruled states
By ZENAIRA BAKHSH / Maktoob Media
It was a regular morning in New Delhi’s Jahangirpuri until a few hours after they began fasting, the residents were jolted...
Muslims
How the bulldozer has destroyed any hope Muslims might have in India’s institutions
By Ali Khan Mahmudabad / Scroll
On April 20, almost 46 years after the Turkman Gate massacres in Delhi, bulldozers arrived in the city’s Jahangirpuri...