Clashes erupt between Shia and Sunni Muslims during Muharram in Varanasi
1 year, 7 months ago

Clashes erupt between Shia and Sunni Muslims during Muharram in Varanasi

Op India  

On Saturday, July 29, Muslims belonging to the Shia and the Sunni community clashed with each other during a Tazia procession on the occasion of Muharram in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. UP : वाराणसी में ताजिया जुलूस के दौरान शिया और सुन्नी पक्ष में पथराव। कई गाड़ियों के शीशे टूटे, कई लोग घायल। पुलिस बल मौके पर है, हालत काबू में हैं। pic.twitter.com/ZOrf5e9jRR — Sachin Gupta July 29, 2023 Hindi daily Bhaskar reported that the Islamists allegedly raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans while clashing with each other, however, the news outlet said that there was no official confirmation about the same yet. Only after Police Commissioner Ashok Mutha Jain reached the spot with his force and spoke to the Shia members did they agree to take back their decision. Police Commissioner Ashok Mutha Jain said that the entire brawl has been captured on the CCTV camera, in which both sides are seen pelting stones.

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Muharram: Communal tensions in Rajasthan's Baran after temple's dome ‘displaced’
8 months, 1 week ago

Muharram: Communal tensions in Rajasthan's Baran after temple's dome ‘displaced’

Hindustan Times  

Communal tensions erupted in Rajasthan's Baran on Wednesday after the dome of a Ganesh temple was allegedly found displaced. Bharatiya Janata Party workers and members of Hindu groups staged a protest, stating they would not permit Tazia processions in the city on the occasion of Muharram. Under this agreement, Hindu groups allowed 10 of the 11 approved Tazia processions to …

Bihar: Several injured in violent clashes between two Tazia procession organisers in Sitamarhi | VIDEO
8 months, 1 week ago

Bihar: Several injured in violent clashes between two Tazia procession organisers in Sitamarhi | VIDEO

India TV News  

A violent clash broke out between two groups carrying out Tazia processions on Wednesday in Bihar's Sitamarhi causing injuries to several people. Sitamarhi City DSP Ramakrishna's said that the people of the two processions argued with each other, due to which a violent clash started. According to a statement issued by Araria Police, the accident occurred when the Muharram procession …

Hindu family attacked, car damaged during Muharram procession in Bihar, police say it was clash between 2 groups
8 months, 1 week ago

Hindu family attacked, car damaged during Muharram procession in Bihar, police say it was clash between 2 groups

Op India  

On 14th July, a Hindu family was attacked during a Muharram procession near Sardarganj Chowk in Dalsinghsarai, Bihar. Amitesh stated that some Islamists from the Muharram procession attacked his car with a sword. Deputy Superintendent of Police Vivek Kumar Sharma said in a statement that the altercation between the two local groups started over carrying soil. It feels like a …

Varanasi Witnesses Communal Clash Between Shias And Sunnis During Tazia Procession Forces Deployed Muharram
1 year, 7 months ago

Varanasi Witnesses Communal Clash Between Shias And Sunnis During Tazia Procession Forces Deployed Muharram

ABP News  

A communal clash broke out in the Doshipura area in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi during a 'Tazia' procession between the members of Shia and Sunni communities, leaving a few injured and some vehicles damaged. A police official while talking to news agency PTI said that one of the injured was sent to the BHU Hospital for treatment. The police official said, …

8 killed, vehicles damaged in clashes during Muharram procession in Delhi and UP
1 year, 7 months ago

8 killed, vehicles damaged in clashes during Muharram procession in Delhi and UP

India Today  

At least eight people were killed and several were injured, including 10 police personnel, across India, during the 'tazia' Muharram procession-related incidents on Saturday, July 29. In another incident in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district, two died and 52 sustained burn injuries when the Muharram procession's music system came in contact with the high-voltage current carrying wires. INCIDENTS IN GUJARAT Two …

Clash erupts during Muharram procession at Nangloi; probe on
1 year, 7 months ago

Clash erupts during Muharram procession at Nangloi; probe on

The Hindu  

A clash erupted during a tazia procession on the occasion of Muharram in west Delhi’s Nangloi on Saturday after a section of the crowd allegedly deviated from the designated route, the police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Harendra K. Singh said the procession near Surajmal Stadium was largely peaceful. However, around 5.45 p.m., some people led by one or two …

Muharram Tazia Procession Taken Out in Srinagar's Traditional Route After 34 Years
1 year, 8 months ago

Muharram Tazia Procession Taken Out in Srinagar's Traditional Route After 34 Years

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: Thousands of Shia mourners, most of them clad in black clothes and chanting in unison on Thursday marched along the streets of uptown Srinagar after the authorities lifted a 34-year-old ban on taking out a tazia procession along the traditional route in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital on the 8th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. …

Violent clashes erupt during Muharram procession in Bareilly and Varanasi, Islamists pelt stones, video viral
2 years, 7 months ago

Violent clashes erupt during Muharram procession in Bareilly and Varanasi, Islamists pelt stones, video viral

Op India  

Violent clashes erupted on Tuesday as Islamists hurled stones in the fracas during Muharram processions in Bareilly and Varanasi districts leading to injuries to several people. The video of the incident went viral over social media where people can be seen using bricks and stones to attack during the Muharram procession. Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police Varanasi Suryakant Tripathi stated that …

Photos: India police break up Muharram processions in Kashmir
2 years, 7 months ago

Photos: India police break up Muharram processions in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Police have detained dozens of people in Indian-administered Kashmir as they dispersed Shia Muslims who attempted to participate in processions marking the Muslim month of Muharram. Muharram is among the holiest months for Muslims across the world and includes large processions of mourners beating their chests while reciting elegies and chanting slogans to mourn the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson …

When communal violence erupts, Aman Committee surfaces: All you need to know about how and why Congress constituted these committees
2 years, 11 months ago

When communal violence erupts, Aman Committee surfaces: All you need to know about how and why Congress constituted these committees

Op India  

On April 25, the residents of Jahangirpuri, Delhi, held a Tiranga rally in which members of both Hindu and Muslim communities participated. Speaking to news agency ANI, Deputy Commissioner of Police Usha Rangani said, “We organised a joint peace committee constituting members of both communities. 50 people each from both communities participated in yatra.” We organised a joint peace committee …

Clashes erupt in India’s New Delhi during Hindu procession
2 years, 11 months ago

Clashes erupt in India’s New Delhi during Hindu procession

Al Jazeera  

Clashes broke out during a Hindu religious procession in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Saturday that left several people and police officers injured. Earlier on Saturday, protesters in New Delhi shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government saying Muslims had been violently targeted by authorities last week in the aftermath of Hindu-Muslim clashes in parts of three states …

Lucknow’s unfortunate Muharram controversy
3 years, 7 months ago

Lucknow’s unfortunate Muharram controversy

Live Mint  

Every year, Muharram is observed across the world and huge processions are taken out largely by Shia Muslims in memory of the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad along with his 72 companions in Karbala in the year 680 CE. Prominent Shia cleric and General Secretary of Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind Maulana Kalbe Jawad initially demanded action against UP's DGP for the …

Communal clashes in Kishanganj, Bihar, 3 persons critically injured
5 years, 6 months ago

Communal clashes in Kishanganj, Bihar, 3 persons critically injured

Op India  

In Bihar’s Kishanganj district, three persons have been critically injured after a communal clash between a Muslim mob and a group of Hindus in Madhavnagar Mahadalit Tola on Thursday morning. As per a report in Prabhat Khabar, the locals of the Tola had raised an objection when the Muslim group taking Tajiya procession had broken the barricade of a Durga …

Clashes in Kanpur after Muharram procession deliberately deviates from its assigned path
7 years, 5 months ago

Clashes in Kanpur after Muharram procession deliberately deviates from its assigned path

Op India  

The mourning day of Muharram, which was observed on 1st October, seems to have resulted in various communal incidents around the country. The incident reportedly began in Param Purwa when a Tazia procession went on a different route that what was assigned to it. The report claimed that the Tazia procession was supposed to take an u-turn at an intersection …

Clashes across UP during Muharram, immersion
8 years, 5 months ago

Clashes across UP during Muharram, immersion

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: Communal tension gripped Bareilly, Gonda, Rae Bareli, Sitapur, Mau, Pilibhit, Gorakhpur, Chitrakoot and Pratapgarh districts of Uttar Pradesh after members of Hindu and Muslim communities clashed during Muharram procession and Durga idol immersion on Wednesday. HT Image In Gonda, the two communities clashed in Badgaon when some anti-social elements pelted stones at a procession moving with Durga idol for …

Muharram observed; 3 hurt in Bihar, curfew in Gwalior area
9 years, 5 months ago

Muharram observed; 3 hurt in Bihar, curfew in Gwalior area

India TV News  

New Delhi: Barring stone-pelting over use of a route for procession in Gwalior leading to curfew and injury to three persons in Bihar, Muharram was observed peacefully across the country as Muslims took out taziya processions, flagellated themselves and offered special prayers today. Slogans of "Ya Hussein" rend the air as Shias took part in the ceremonial mourning commemorating the …

Meet the Hussaini Brahmins, Hindus who observe Muharram alongside Muslims
10 years, 4 months ago

Meet the Hussaini Brahmins, Hindus who observe Muharram alongside Muslims

Firstpost  

Hussaini Brahmins isn’t a name that immediately rings a bell for many Indians. However, in one corner of Delhi, Hussaini Brahmins, a section of Hindus, take out a Taziya every year during Muharram, following the Muslim tradition of beating their chests as a mark of ceremonial mourning. Rajinder Kumar, a resident of Shadipur depot who has headed the Kalyanpuri taziya …

Muslim groups clash in Uttar Pradesh
10 years, 7 months ago

Muslim groups clash in Uttar Pradesh

India TV News  

Lucknow: Over a dozen people were injured in a Meerut village of Uttar Pradesh when clashes erupted between two sects of Muslims over offering Eid prayers, police said Wednesday.The violence broke out Tuesday in Allipur area of Kharkhauda village when the Sheikhs and Qureshis in the area got into an altercation over who will first offer prayers at the Chappar …

Clashes In UP, Bihar During Muharram
13 years, 3 months ago

Clashes In UP, Bihar During Muharram

India TV News  

New Delhi, Dec 6: Muslims today observed Muharram by taking out taziya processions, flagellating themselves and offering special prayers but the day of mourning witnessed clashes in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar resulting in injury to over 30 people. Police fired in the air when two groups clashed with sharp weapons and 21 people, including six policemen, were injured during a …

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