Jihad Watch : Around 43 people, including four police officers, reportedly sustained
severe injuries after an enraged Muslim mob charged at the Hindu rally
as it passed through the Muslim area. The victims were rushed to the
nearest medical facility for treatment; one among these victims was
Pushpendra, who was in critical condition and had to be moved to Jaipur,
the state capital, for better medical attention.
Some news reports suggest
that some individuals also had knife wounds, but the administration has
not confirmed these claims. The hospital staffs have also maintained a
well-briefed and compliant silence on the matter.
What started as a hail of stones quickly escalated into a massive
arson attack and vandalism; dozens of shops were set ablaze, and at
least three motorbikes were burned. A curfew had to be imposed in the
district to bring the situation under control; mobile Internet also
remains suspended.
Police forces have been stationed in the sensitive zones surrounding
the epicenter of the violence. Initially, some 600 security personnel
had been deployed in Karauli, but the latest reports suggest that a
force of 1,200 is now on duty in the district.
The state chief minister took to Twitter and appealed to people to
maintain peace and harmony; unfortunately, the miscreants donāt heed his
pleas. These groups that were disrupting the peace have no interest in
living in harmony with the āidol-worshippers.ā They make deliberate
attacks on their targets, and as observed in recent years, Hindu
festivals top their target list ā each one of them, be it Durga Puja,
Ram Navami, Saraswati Puja, or a relatively less religious festival, the
Hindu New Year.
As per reports, the Muslim group known as the Popular Front of India (PFI) had warned
the Congress government and hinted at possible violence should the
procession celebrating the Hindu New Year pass through Muslim areas. On
April 1, Mohammad Asif, the state president of PFI Rajasthan, wrote a
letter to CM Ashok Gehlot.
How weak and submissive must the government of this state be to take
no actions against threats of violence that were made publicly, and
allow 43 people to end up injured? How low does one go while groveling
at the feet of a religious minority?
If the country claims to be secular, how can Muslims claim any part
of it as a Muslim-only land where non-Muslims are forbidden from
entering, passing through, or celebrating their festivals? Werenāt they
awarded a piece of land in 1947, where they can pulling their antics and
practice their intolerance to their heartsā content?
Leaders of the opposition party have lambasted Rajasthan officials
and slammed the Congress for its hopeless appeasement of Muslim
troublemakers. However, this fails to protect the Hindus. Many Muslims
continue to hound them in all states during their festivals, including
even in the states that are ruled by the āpro-Hinduā BJP.
Represented as the ever-oppressed minority, all too many Muslims in
India habitually resort to unprovoked violence, create unrest, and
jeopardize the lives of ordinary citizens around the year. They never
run out of excuses to start a dispute. And the respective state and
central governments have failed to curb this burgeoning jihad activity,
or the flourishing of pro-jihad groups that are quite active despite
being banned on paper.
