India: Update to IND20006.E or 3 March 1995 on current relations between Muslims and Hindus in the state of Gujarat
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 20 July 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IND37504.E |
| Reference | 4 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, India: Update to IND20006.E or 3 March 1995 on current relations between Muslims and Hindus in the state of Gujarat, 20 July 2001, IND37504.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be4110.html [accessed 31 May 2023] |
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Several sources report on current relations between Muslims and Hindus in Gujarat State, exploring several topics including Hindu-Muslim rioting, communal segregation, discrimination, and police and political violence. A 4 August 2000 article reported that, following the killing of Hindus by Muslim militants in Kashmir, "four people had been killed and 20 injured in Hindu-Muslim clashes in the western Indian State of Gujarat" (AFX European Focus). According to a Dawn article, the deaths occurred in Surat when members of the Hindu militant Bajrang Dal group enforced a protest shutdown (5 Aug. 2000). The Gujarat Home Minister was quoted in Dawn as saying that they had arrested "'more than 150 people in Surat, and three people in (the state capital) Ahmedabad who attempted to burn down a Muslim tomb'" (ibid).
For further information on Hindu-Muslim relations in Gujarat please consult the attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
AFX European Focus. 4 August 2000. "Hindu-Muslim Clashes Leave Four Dead, 20 Injured." (LEXIS)
Dawn [Karachi]. 5 August 2000. "All Parties Hurriyat Conference Insists on Tripartite Talks."
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AP Online. 24 September 1999. "7 Die in Religious Clash in India." (NEXIS)
AP Worldstream. 24 September 1999. Omer Farooq. "Five Killed in Religious Violence in India." (NEXIS)
_____. 1 January 1999. Hima Shukla. "Federal Investigators Blame Hindu Group for Anti-Christian Violence."(NEXIS)
Dawn [Karachi]. 13 February 2001. "Sonia Accuses Govt of Discriminating Against Muslims."
The Hindu. 16 December 2000. Brinda Karat. "The Hindu-Editorial: Dangerous Experiments." (Financial Times Information/NEXIS)
The Milli Gazette [New Delhi]. 15 August 2000. "Surat Riots."
_____. 1 August 2000. "Surat Left to Burn."
Rediff on the Net. 6 August 1999. V. Gangadhar. "Suddenly Many Hindus Saw Muslims as Foreign Aggressors."
_____. 5 August 1999. V. Gangadhar. "'We Try to Rebuild Mutual Faith and then Another Riot Starts Destroying Our Work.'"
_____. 4 August 1999. V. Gangadhar. "'Perhaps I Would be Safer in a Muslim Locality.'"
Setalvad, Teesta. (n.d.). "Face to Face With Fascism: Forced Ethnic Segregation, Calculated Violence and the Blatant Misuse of Government Machinery Throttles Democracy in Gujarat."
