Targeting mosques
A little over 18 years ago, hundreds of Islamic monuments and Muslim places of worship were targeted in Gujarat as part of the organised violence in February-March 2002. While much of the Indian media confined itself to reports of the destruction of the nearly 300-year-old shrine of Vali Gujrati, The Guardian did not hold its punches as it reported: “Two hundred and thirty unique Islamic monuments, including an exquisite 400-year-old mosque, were destroyed or vandalised during the recent anti-Muslim riots in the Indian State of Gujarat, according to a local survey. Zafarul Islam Khan said: “It is a common problem that local Muslims fall to local and police pressure and do not pursue the cases. Compromise under police pressure is common.” He was speaking from experience, having witnessed numerous complaints about local strongmen, often in collusion with local policemen, objecting to azaan on loudspeaker during the lockdown. Zafarul Islam Khan wrote to the Police Commissioner stating that the panel had received a report, and a video, of an attack on the mosque in Mukhmelpur village under the Alipur police station in North West Delhi around 8 p.m.
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