Showing posts with label Anti Terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anti Terrorism. Show all posts

Saturday, 5 October 2013

India: With friends such as these, who needs enemies? | Jyoti Punwani

Daily News and Analysis

With friends such as these, who needs enemies?
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2013, 8:18 IST | Agency: DNA

Jyoti Punwani

It’s not easy being a Muslim in India at the best of times. But when elections draw near, it’s hell. Out to prove their concern for you, politicians say and do things that make you the target of shrill, drummed-up attacks, which may not be only verbal.

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

India: Five years after being acquitted in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case ... treated as outcastes

The Hindu
Hyderabad, September 26, 2013

Treated as outcastes and looked at with suspicion

Five years after being acquitted in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, life continues to be a struggle for Mohd. Abdul Raheem (32), now a grocery store owner. The trader was arrested in the Mecca Masjid blast case in 2007 and had to spend nearly six months in prison before being released on bail.

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