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The Delhi high court was referring to a speech delivered by the scholar-activist Umar Khalid in Amravati in 2020, while hearing his appeal against refusal of bail.
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The Delhi High Court heard arguments in the appeal filed against the trial court order denying Umar Khalid bail in the Delhi Riots case.
'We will not respond to violence with violence. We will not respond to hate with hate. If they spread hate, we will respond to it by spreading love.'
The court is convinced that the ‘Muslim critical mass’ has no real grievances, only ulterior motives, and is out to create trouble.
Chances are he would talk about the many 'parikshas' the marginalised in India have to fight daily, and the 'parikshas' of conscience each of us face when we see the persecution of those who do not belong to the majority faith.