Mob clash in Gujrat!!

[Asim Aquil]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL33523.htm

AHMEDABAD, India, May 1 (Reuters) - At least three people died and 18 were injured on Monday when rowdy mobs fought pitched battles with the police, protesting a demolition drive in a communally-sensitive city of India's Gujarat state, police said.

Police opened fire at the violent crowd which pelted stones when civic authorities came to demolish a Muslim shrine that was on the list of properties encroaching roads in Baroda, 120 kms (75 miles) south of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's main city.

Two of those killed died in police firing, police said.

"Muslims objected to the anti-encroachment drive and pelted stones," Deepak Swaroop, the city police chief, told Reuters. "We had to take action," he added.

A curfew has been imposed in the area, the officer said. He said were no clashes between Hindus and Muslims but an alert had been sounded in sensitive areas.

Gujarat was rocked by Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 when 59 Hindus were burnt to death in a train compartment, allegedly by a Muslim mob.

Human rights groups say about 2,500 people -- mostly Muslims -- were killed in the retaliatory clashes all over the state. Official estimates put the figure at more than 1,000.

[platinum786]

what's this, massacres of muslims in gujarat every year thier is a football worlc up?

[indianguy4u]

what's this, massacres of muslims in gujarat every year thier is a football worlc up?

Learn to comprehend before posting illogical stuff.

[platinum786]

lets hope it remains illogical.

[Gautam]

Learn to comprehend before posting illogical stuff.

This is like asking Bin Laden to embrace Hinduism, Christianity or Sikhim or any other religion.


lol

[Blademaster]

what's this, massacres of muslims in gujarat every year thier is a football worlc up?

Fine words coming from someone whose support of a group that has admitted killing over 35 Hindus in Kashmir on April 30, 2006.

[platinum786]

have been accused of, not admitted...

[Ray]

Muslims objected to the anti-encroachment drive and pelted stones," Deepak Swaroop, the city police chief, told Reuters.

The operative word is ENCROACHMENT.

Now, if chaps take over the roads (public property and essential for commerce, citizens' movement etc) as housing plots, what is to be done?

I am not too sure if in countries elsewhere, they allow buildings and shacks and temples and mosques to come up inside the perimeter of what is a road to block traffic! Do they allow it in Pakistan? (I ask since this report has been posted by a Pakistani who by inference finds demolitions of encroachment on public property as a infringement of human rights and Moslems' fundamental rights and as discriminatory)

In India, they normally demolish such construction and yes, everywhere there will be resistance.

Right now in Delhi, they are demolishing houses and malls for encroachment as also for illegal (unsanctioned) extensions. All are that of non Moslems. If there were pelting of stones etc or mobs going berserk, then I am sure our Pakistani WAB members would have a field day.

Isn't it an interesting point that wherever there is illegal stuff and violence, it is the Moslem who are in the forefront!

[Hari_Om]

You are right, that is the key word.

Where encroachment on public property takes place by religious or other structures they ought to get demolished.

See this three week old story from Gulbarga in Karnataka of the demolition of a Hindu temple :

Illegally built temple demolished in Gulbarga

Secularism is action. Demolish without fear or favour .

[stone_cold]

Racism in action

Malaysia demolishes century-old Hindu temple in Kuala Lampur

kuala lumpur, April 21: Malaysian authorities have demolished a century-old Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, bulldozing the building as devotees cried and begged them to stop, Hindu groups said today.

The Malaimel Sri Selva Kaliamman Temple was reduced to rubble after Kuala Lumpur’s city hall sent in bulldozers, they said.

In a complaint to police the temple’s Vice-President, Subramaniam Ragappan, said about 300 devotees were praying on Tuesday when the machines arrived, accompanied by police and city hall officials.

‘‘We were forced to stop our prayers and (rituals) halfway as they proceeded to tear down the temple,’’ he said in a complaint.

A copy of a letter from the City Hall to a local lawmaker, who had asked for the temple to be left intact, said the demolition was going ahead to make way for a building project.

City Hall officials were not immediately available for comment.

Subramaniam said that the City Hall tried in 2001 and again in 2004 to tear down the

building, which was on government land, but had been dissuaded by politicians.

‘‘Everybody was crying and saying how could the government do this, but they still broke the temple,’’ he said.

‘‘For 100 years we prayed there. How could they come to remove the temple?’’ he said, adding that they were given just one day’s notice of the demolition.

source
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/2...du~templekumar

[Vaman]

what's this, massacres of muslims in gujarat every year thier is a football worlc up?

Yeah I only wish the football world cup was held more frequently.
The world would have been a easier place to live in.

[Ray]

It would be interesting to hear the comments of the people who make a song and a dance about the Babri Mazjid and now the encroachments on the roads.

and razing the city of Mumbai because of Babri Mazjid they justify as retaliation! One unused edifice to a whole city - the commercial capital of India!

I am sure it is perfectly in order to demolish temples under the Sharia.

And Islam is a religion of compassion did I hear?

[Hari_Om]

Racism in action

Depends.

Was the temple on encroached land?
Does Malaysia have a similar record of demolition with Mosques used by mainly Malays?

An opinion will need those answers.

[stone_cold]

That was in response to some ignorant individuals who unnecessarily drag everything into controversy.

[indianguy4u]

TV networks had a field day yesterday on this issue. 5-6 hindu temple on the same area were demolised with the consent of hindu leaders. They said that for betterment of people we r ready to scarifice it. Also the local admin had promised all the affected parties a chance for relocation. But these idiots instead started to pelt stones, acid & even private firing (Corp chief quotes) the police had to take punitive action, which was taken. They asked for punitive action & they got it. If for moslems their mosque & dargaa are more imp than civic amenities, i think its better for them to migrate to a moslem country, there should be no place for such extremist in secular India.