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Biden urged to warn Modi: US can declare India as worst religious freedom offender

By Our Representative 

During a Congressional Briefing held on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, Nadine Maenza, former Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), has wondered why the Biden administration should raise issues of mass anti-minority mob violence  -- particularly in Haryana and Manipur -- with Modi. Modi should be told that if such violence continues, the US will be “compelled by law” to designate India as one of the world’s worst offenders of religious freedom, she urged.
Maenza's came against the backdrop India witnessing a troubling increase in incidents of alleged Hindu militant mob violence targeting minority communities. Haryana and Manipur have witnessed particularly egregious acts of brutality, a diaspora civil rights group said. 
It stated, in August, an armed "Hindu militant procession wreaked havoc in Muslim-majority areas of Haryana, resulting in arson, stone pelting, and physical violence", adding, "Tragically, this violence claimed the life of a 19-year-old imam and five others. Concurrently, Manipur's predominantly Christian Kuki-Zo tribe has faced violent attacks by the majority Hindu Meitei population since May, including beheadings, immolations, and horrifying gang rapes."
Maenza said that for the past four years, USCIRF has been calling on the US Department of State to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), a label reserved for the world’s worst violators of religious freedoms.
“For at least the last five years, religious freedom conditions have deteriorated in India, making them now among the worst in the world,” Maenza opined. “We can’t just ignore the facts on the ground, especially with Manipur on fire… it is important that [the Biden administration] raise these issues directly with Prime Minister Modi and explain how – without change – they will be compelled by law to designate India as a CPC.”
During the briefing, Florence Lowe, co-founder of the North American Manipur Tribal Association (NAMTA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about atrocities against the Kuki-Zo, shared a harrowing personal account of her family's experience in Manipur.
“My family home was attacked and my 77-year-old mother had to run and hide from the mob that had burned their church… they have lost everything to arson and looting,” she recounted.
“It boggles the mind to realize that they are the lucky ones,” she added. “That same day, other people of my tribe were not as lucky. Some were bludgeoned to death, over the next few days others were raped, gang raped, burned to death. They did not even spare a 7-year-old boy.”
Investigative reporter Astha Savyasachi, who was part of a fact-finding team that investigated the cause of the recent "anti-Muslim" violence in Haryana, debunked "myths spread by Hindu supremacists blaming Muslims" for the violence.
“Right-wing groups instigated the violence through a sustained hate campaign against Muslims [in which] provocative media content targeting Muslims was circulated on social media by far-right Hindu extremist groups,” said Savyasachi.
She added that in addition to raising "genocidal anti-Muslim slogans", the Hindu militant procession was "heavily armed". Despite the blatant provocation, police and the administration “largely remained indifferent” to the violence, bulldozing over 1,200 Muslim-owned shops and businesses in the aftermath.
Activist Sharjeel Usmani stated that the violence in Haryana follows a pattern seen in other cases of mass Hindu mob violence across India.
“First, the Hindu militant outfits attack Muslim localities. They burn down properties, vandalize mosques, demolish shrines, beat up Muslims,” Usmani said. “Then the police accuse Muslims of [committing] the violence they were victims of… and [they] launch their own series of violent measures against Muslims, [including] arresting Muslim youth and demolishing Muslim properties.”
“The kind of impunity the Hindu right-wing in India enjoys today has not happened before in history, ever,” he added. “And this government has incentivized the hate, so much so that the more cruel you are to Muslims, the more chance you have of being successful in your politics.”

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SAMIR SARDANA said…
ON THE DAY AFTER G20 - 2 MILITANTS IN ANANTNAG KILLED 4 ARMY MEN ANS 1 DIG OF KASHMIR POLICE

OFFICERS ! 3 OFFICERS KILLED BY 2 MILITANTS !

THIS IS THE STATE OF AFFAIRS AND TRAINING AND TACTICS !

THE 2 MILITANTS ALSO,ALMOST SHOT DOWN A CHOPPER ! THE INDIAN ARMY COULD NOT EVEN EVAC THE WOUNDED OFFICERS !

THEY SAY THAT THE ARMY LEADS FROM THE FRONT !

Y ?

THAT IS Y IT TOOK 110 HOURS, FOR THE HINDOOS, AND THET ARE STILL CLUELESS !

WITH OFFICERS KILLED - THERE IS NO STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL DIRECTION, TO THE OPERATION !

WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DO THESE OFFICERS GET ?

OR IS THE AIM OF CHAIWALA - TO GET INDIANS KILLED - SO THAT PANWARI BANIA ZEE AND ABP CAN RILE UP THE MASSES ?

A NATION WHICH CANNOT SAVE ITS SOLDIERS WILL FIGHT CHINA FOR THE US ? OR LEAD THE WORLD ?

INDIA IS A BANANA REPUBLIC !

THE KASHMIR MUAJIDEEN HAVE NOW GOT THE PERFECT FORMLA !

5 ARMY MEN KILLED IN KASHMIR BY MUJAHIDEEEN

110 HOURS ARE OVER,AND THE VANAR SENA OF CHAIWALA,HAS NO CLUE !

THE MUJAHIDS HAVE BLOWN APART THE VANAR SENA,AND THE NOTHERN ARMY COMMAND AND THE IDF AND MOSSAD AID TO THE HINDOOS !

DESTROY THE POODLES OF CHAIWALA AND THEN RUN TO THE DENSE,THICK JUNGLES !

BEFORE THAT STOCK WEAPONS,IEDs,EXOLOSIVES,RPG,MANPAD,MEDICINES AND FOOD IN BURROWS AND CAVES ! RPG ABD MANPADS ARE FOR CHOPPERRS !

SLECT VANTAGE HEIGHT POSITIONS SO THAT THEY HAVE CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT ADVANTAGE ON VANAR SENA OF CHAIWALA

CHOOSE THE DENSEST FOREST WITH THICKEST FOLIAGE AND CANOPY.CANOPY IS FOR DRONES AND SATS WHO TRACK THERMAL AND IR SIGNATURE AND DIFFERENTIAL IR SIGNATURES ! THE SIGNATURES SHOULD DIFFUSE AND THE HUMAN THERMAL SIGNATURE OF THE MUJAHID SHOULD DISSIPATE - ELSE CHAIWALA IAF OR ARMY AVIATION WILL USE NAPALM AND MISSILES ! DIFFERENT FOLIAGE EMIT VARIED THERMAL AND IR SIGNATURES FOR SATS AND DRONES TO CAPTURE !

SET UP BOOBY TRAPS IN THE JUNGLES - WHICH IS AN ANCIENT TOOL ! TO KILL,MAIM AND SLOW THE CHAIALA VANAR SENA !

SET UP IEDs ON THE ROADS INSIDE THE JUNGLES

LAST IS - TO SELECT SITES IN JUNGLES - WHERE PATH WAY TO THE HIDEOUT HAS MOIST AND LOOSE LAND - WHICH WILL BE OF USE IN MONSOONS !

THESE 7 COMMANDMENTS WILL ALLOW UZAIR KHAN AND COMPANT TO RETURN BACK TO AJK,LIKE MASTGUL

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RM Shetty said…
India is worst, when it comes to protecting nad providing freedom to Christians. They have burned church's and have taken christain to jail on pretext of conversion. And countries across world should not do investment,if India fails to uphold freedom of religion under constitution. This is becoming because of current Govt and it's support to extremist like RSS and VHP.

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