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India’s Gujarat providing a model for ‘Muslim discrimination’ National December 20, 2020 ISLAMABAD: As Hindu nationalism grows in India, some experts say the ruling BJP s policies and practices in Gujarat state have served as a model for systemic, nationwide discrimination, foreign media reported. In February 2002, a train carrying Hindu pilgrims was set on fire near a junction in Godhra, a small city in India s western state of Gujarat. Dozens of people were killed, and local Muslims were held responsible, setting off three days of violent communal riots across the state that left over 1,000 people dead and displaced thousands more. Tandalja is a run-down neighborhood in Vadodara, the third largest city in Gujarat. Following the 2002 riots, Tandalja was designated as a resettlement location for Muslim refugees, and tensions in the community remain. ....
India s BJP rejects allegations of Muslim suppression Saeed Umarji, the son of the man accused of setting the Sabarmati express coach on fire in 2002, said his father was prosecuted under false pretenses. My father apologized on behalf of the Muslim community in Godhra after the train burning incident, but he was picked up as a scapegoat by the police almost a year later, he told DW, claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat quickly passed anti-terrorist laws in 2002 specifically to prosecute those they considered responsible for the train fire. Our religion is being used to target us, which is why I no longer want to hold onto my religion, as it opens me up to harassment and discrimination. ....