الهند: مصادمات تؤدي لوفاة ونزوح المئات من المسلمين

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أدت المصادمات التي وقعت بين المسلمين والهندوس في شمال "الهند" مؤخرًا إلى وفاة العشرات وفرار المئات من منازلهم خشية التعرض للأعمال الانتقامية، وذلك في ظل استغلال الأحزاب السياسية للأحداث لتحقيق مكاسب باتهام الخصوم بالمسؤولية.

وقد أكد المسلمون الذين يشكلون نحو10% من سكان ولاية "أوتار براديش" أنهم يشعرون بعدم الأمان، وخاصةً بعد مطالبة الفلاحين الهندوس بالانتقام من المسلمين، وإصدار خطابات تحريضية خلال اجتماعاتهم.

وقد أشار المراقبون إلى أن الأحزاب السياسية تعمل على ترسيخ الاستقطاب الحاد؛ وذلك لاستغلاله لصالح المكاسب الانتخابية العامة المقرر انعقادها العام المقبل، بمشيئة الله؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Politics Inflames Hindu-Muslim Tension

In one of the worst communal violence incidents in years, scores were killed and hundreds forced to flee their homes over the weekend after clashes erupted between Muslims and Hindus in northern India, as political parties traded accusations for inciting the riots.

"We don't feel safe in this village, where we form less than 10 percent of the population," Mohammed Haneef, a Muslim resident from Kharad village, 45 kilometres from Muzaffarnagar, told The Indian Express daily.

Haneef was still scared after the clashes erupted in uttar Pradesh state over the weekend in which 28 were killed and hundreds forced to evacuate.

The riots started when a video appearing to show two men being lynched by a mob was posted online, aggravating tensions though police said it was faked.

The clashes erupted late Saturday after thousands of Hindu farmers held a meeting to demand justice over the killing of three Hindu men who had protested when a woman was allegedly harassed.

Provocative speeches calling for action against Muslims were allegedly made during Saturday's meeting.

Clashes then broke out in neighboring villages between Hindus and Muslims and the army stepped in to try to control the situation.

"They started firing rounds at our homes from the fields and soon they were hurling petrol bombs," Muslim villager Iqbal Ansari told the Indian Express which showed a front-page photo of a bloodied child with a bandaged head in hospital.

"My house, my belongings and my life's savings were burned to the ground," he said.