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Wages of vigilantism
Episodes of mass communal violence have given way to smaller-scale attacks against individuals.
According to India Spend, a data-journalism website, 86% of those killed in lynching
incidents in 2017 were Muslims.
In September 2017 the Supreme Court, responding to a Public Interest Litigation, directed
all State governments to take measures to prevent vigilantism in the name of cow protection
Spread from UP, Jharkhand and Haryana to Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP and West Bengal.
An overwhelming majority of these attacks are bovine related
Other reasons for anti minority attacks, too
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Hate violence has also happened around festivals such as
Ram Navami (Bihar and West Bengal),
Provocations over azaan and namaz (Gurugram in Haryana) and
Violence against those looking overtly Muslim (U.P. and Haryana trains).
The victims in cases of lynching are almost entirely from poor families
Each event of violence has hardened community boundaries and widened the divide
between Hindus and Muslims.
Citizens Against Hate (CAH), a civil society group investigating and seeking to provide
legal help to victims of hate crimes
Most of these attacks were based on rumors sparked
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The back-end support comes from BJP MPs providing political protection to these
organisations and their activities
Popular anger, outrage(उल्लंघन) and violence are integral features of everyday politics in
contemporary India.
Mobs are exacting Bollywood style justice beyond the procedures of law
The strategic silence of the BJP-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leadership works
like unspoken approval to carry out the attacks.
Lynchings are encouraged by the atmosphere of hate and suspicion created through
sustained propaganda- Serves a political purpose.
Preventing further atrocities requires respect for the rule of law and legal institutions
and strong prosecutions and expeditious punishments.
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International Yoga Day:
First time on June 21st, 2015
The theme for the 4th anniversary of International Yoga Day 2018 is “Yoga for Peace.”
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