Delhi Riots, Tablighi Jamaat Vilification Leave African Muslim Refugees in India Shaken
Traumatised by communal violence in their own countries, Somali and Ethiopian refugees sought peaceful lives in India, but now fear racist and religious taunts and possible brutality.
A view of Khirki village in Delhi. Photo: Tarushi Aswani
Rights11/Jan/2021
New Delhi: When the foreign attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat event organised at Delhiâs Nizamuddin Markaz in March were vilified throughout the pandemic-effected lockdown in 2020 as âsuper spreadersâ of the novel coronavirus, referred to variously by a section of the Indian media as âwarriors of COVID-19â (ABP News Hindi),âsuicide bombersâ and âcorona jihadisâ (Zee News), and âCorona Bombsâ (India TV), Somali and Ethiopian refugees in Delhi suffered just as badly, afraid of being accused of being