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Muslim residents served food at the procession outside Durga Mandir after decorating the Mandir with new Durga’s Idols. |
How much greatest blessing is Independent Pakistan
for us, this can be imagined from the torture and attacks of Hindus on Muslims
that started on 30th June 2019 at about 10 PM Indian time when a
Muslim youngster named Aas Muhammad parked his motorcycle near the house of
Hindus. Muslims are living in Old Delhi along with Hindus for centuries. Muslims are in the minority as compared to
Hindus. Muslims prefer to live in areas having Muslim majority so that in case
of attacks from Hindus or any calamity they can face the situation. Like other
old cities, Old Delhi also consists of narrow streets and markets selling from
scrap to latest electronics. As Muslim are concentrated here, therefore, Hindus
do not disturb them usually. However, with the passage of time, the situation has
changed as old Hindu families shifted to other areas and a new one replaced them.
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Police Blocked Old Delhi locality from all sides. |
A similar incident took place on the night of 30 June
2019, a Muslim youngster Aas Muhammad parked his motorbike outside of the 45
year-old Hindu Gupta, he stopped Muhammad from the motorbike there and
threatened him of grieve consequences. Aas Muhammad was not ready for such a
reaction and looked towards Gupta that why he did not allow him to park his
motorbike while there was neither the door nor window of the Gupta’s home. In
the meanwhile, Gupta’s wife also came out and started threatening Muhammad. The
passer-by Hindus misinterpreted Gupta’s wife as Muhammad has harassed her.
Without investigating the reason they started beating Muhammad, other Hindus
joined them as well. Few Hindus tried to diffuse the situation but they failed
, Aas Muhammad as beaten badly and fainted. Hindus continued beating him with sticks
even they considered him as dead. In the meanwhile relatives of Aas Muhammad
and Indian Police reached on the spot. Gupta and his wife alleged that Aas Muhammad attacked
them as well as their children and Gupta’s elderly mother. The CCTV camera fixed
on the Gupta’s neighbor disclosed the lies of Gupta. This was the incident of
the Hauth Qazi area. Police took both parties to the Police station for
registration of FIR.
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Central Reserve Police Force seen patrolling after the clashes broke out over parking issue, at the Lal Kuan Bazar in Old Delhi area. |
Still, the FIR was to be lodged, the mobile of the Police
Station rang and he was informed that Muslim has started stoning two Hindu
temples due to which the idols in the Durgah temple have been broken. The
registration of the FIR was postponed and Police informed their higher-ups of
this new development. The Muslim who had come to Police Station left Police
Station worrying for their homes. In no time Muslims and Hindus took to the
roads in the Old Delhi, Chandni Chowk, Jamia Masjid Chowk, Dariya Ganj, Pahar
Ganj and Laal Kuwaan area. Muslims were denying stoning Hindu temples while few
of the Hindus also supported Muslim stance. According to them the persons who
pelted stones were 17-20 and were never seen before in the area. It was
impossible to be decided whether they were Muslim or non-Muslim. Muslim
notables were struggling to diffuse the situation through negotiations with
Hindu notables. Police arrested many Muslims most of them children in order to
decrease the anger of Hindus. The control of the whole area was handed over to
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). They imposed an undeclared curfew. The Muslim
and Hindus living in the area are mostly linked with trade. They disliked the spreading of riots in the area. However, the leadership of extremist Hindus in New
Delhi wanted to exploit the situation to pressurize Muslims. The presence of troops
of CRPF was the main problem for Hindu extremists in attacking Muslims. The
video recording of CCTV cameras installed in Hindu temples also supported
Muslim stance that Muslim was not involved in the stoning of the temples.
Moreover, Muslim have always respected temples and never attacked them.
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Muslims in the area had volunteered to pay for the new Durga Murtis for 100 years old Durga Mandir in Old Delhi. |
The Hindu journalists of India were of the view that
stoning of temples in Old Delhi was the result of a well-planned conspiracy.
Sanjiv Kumar who was involved in the disputed that started over the parking of
the motorbike told India Today in an interview that few politicians wanted to
exploit the attack over Durgah temple for their political needs. He is not
ready to accept that Muslims attacked Hindu temples. Despite the passage of two
weeks, the area is still in the control of CRPF. People are not allowed to go out
of their homes. In order to diffuse the situation, the Muslims of the area have
prepared the new idols of white stone for Durgah temple and fixed them in the
Durgah temple in a large gathering. Perhaps this has happened first time in the
history of the area that Muslims have installed idols, chanted slogans and sang
Hindu religious Bhajan as a gesture of solidarity with Hindus. The Hindus of
the area are satisfied over the role of Muslims and want an end to the dispute, however, leaders of Hindu extremists have rejected the gesture of solidarity of
Muslims terming them as a fraud. They have demanded from BJP and Narendra Modi
that Muslims should be exiled from the area of Old Delhi. They are fueling
hatred against and violence against Muslims of these areas and areas outside
Old Delhi. Hindus are supporting extremist Hindus on the basis that Muslims
consider Old Delhi as Pakistan and now they are trying to establish this area
as a new Pakistan. The Indian state has asked Indian media to totally blackout the
situation in Old Delhi and not to publish any news.
After being defeated in the elections, Congress is
also silent over the situation. According to an Indian analyst, Sonia Gandhi is
taking revenge for defeat in the elections through the violence of Hindus against
Muslims. Pakistani media should inform the world about the threats to the lives of
Muslims in Old Delhi. Our journalists paid from NGOs and India might consider
this as interference in Indian Internal affairs; they should keep in mind that the safety of Muslims in India is more important than their love towards India…
Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Daily
Nawa-i-Waqt,
Date: 18 July 2019.
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