Activists protest against Anti-Muslim hate crimes in India

Scores of students, activists and members of Muslim community took out a silent protest ‘Muslim lives matter’ in New Delhi, India, on Saturday following the hacking of a Muslim man in Rajasthan by a Hindu man.

Scores of students, activists and members of Muslim community took out a silent protest ‘Muslim lives matter’ in New Delhi, India, on Saturday following the hacking of a Muslim man in Rajasthan by a Hindu man.

Holding placards such as ‘Muslim Lives Matter’ and ‘Speak up against bigotry’, the protesters swarmed Delhi’s Connaught Place area and formed a human chain to register their protest against hate crimes like these.

All India Kisan Sabha General Secretary and CPI(M) leader Hannan Mollah, who participated in the protest, said there has been a deliberate attempt to create a vicious atmosphere against Muslims in the country and the attack was an outcome of that.

“The crime is a result of hateful atmosphere. All over the country, there have been efforts to create a vicious atmosphere against Muslims,” Mollah told ANI.

He further said 10 to 12 such incidents have occurred in Rajasthan in the last two years, and attributed it to the communalized atmosphere in the state.

“A communalized atmosphere has been created in Rajasthan. This has instigated even the common people to kill Muslims. RSS, Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad are creating this atmosphere which has to be stopped,” he added.