{"id":81505,"date":"2022-01-18T15:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81505"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:12:22","slug":"hindu-monk-jailed-after-calling-for-genocide-of-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/81505-hindu-monk-jailed-after-calling-for-genocide-of-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu monk jailed after calling for \u2018genocide\u2019 of Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f2\u06f3-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f3\u06f1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f2\u06f3-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f3\u06f1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f1\u06f7_\u06f2\u06f3-\u06f5\u06f1-\u06f3\u06f1-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian authorities have charged a Hindu monk with inciting religious violence after he called for the \u201cgenocide\u201d of India\u2019s Muslims at a meeting of right-wing supporters, police said Monday.<br>Senior police officer Swatantra Kumar said Yati Narsinghanand Giri, an outspoken supporter of far-right nationalists who also heads a Hindu monastery, was initially arrested on Saturday on allegations that he made derogatory remarks against women. He appeared the following day in a court in the town of Haridwar, where he was sent into 14 days of custody for hate speech against Muslims and calling for violence against them.<br>Kumar said the monk Giri, whom he described as a \u201crepeat offender,\u201d was formally charged Monday for promoting \u201cenmity between different groups on grounds of religion.\u201d The charge can carry a jail term of five years.<br>In December, Giri and other religious leaders called on Hindus to arm themselves for \u201cgenocide\u201d against Muslims during a meeting in Haridwar, a northern holy town in Uttarakhand, according to a police complaint. He is the second person to be arrested in the case after India\u2019s Supreme Court intervened last week.<br>Uttarakhand state is ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata. The political party\u2019s rise to power in 2014, and landslide reelection in 2019, has led to a spike in attacks against Muslims and other minorities.<br>Muslims comprise nearly 14% of India\u2019s 1.4 billion people, a largely Hindu country that has long proclaimed its multicultural character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian authorities have charged a Hindu monk with inciting religious violence after he called for the \u201cgenocide\u201d of India\u2019s Muslims at a meeting of right-wing supporters, police said Monday.Senior police officer Swatantra Kumar said Yati Narsinghanand Giri, an outspoken supporter of far-right nationalists who also heads a Hindu monastery, was initially arrested on Saturday on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,31,30],"tags":[327,2821,531],"class_list":["post-81505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-world","tag-genocide","tag-hindu","tag-muslims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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