After the bulldozer: Indian Muslims grapple with loss amid demolished homes
4 weeks, 1 day ago

After the bulldozer: Indian Muslims grapple with loss amid demolished homes

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – Shahid Malik is fighting for a home that no longer exists. We were never given a notice, the authorities stole both our home and our son from us.” ‘Bulldozer justice’ Like Malik, hundreds of Indian Muslims have seen their homes demolished in recent years without any notice, and in many cases without any legal documents to justify the razing of homes in which generations of families grew up, lived and dreamed of a future. There is a feeling of hopelessness everywhere.” In June 2022, authorities in the Uttar Pradesh city of Prayagraj – formerly known as Allahabad – demolished the home of activist and community leader Javed Mohammed. “The Prayagraj Development Authority, the organisation that oversaw this demolition, has itself failed to produce a sanctioned map of the building that houses its office,” Saqib tells Al Jazeera. “Can we get our old life back?” Relief and trauma In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court of India declared that government authorities cannot demolish any property belonging to people accused of a crime without following due legal process.

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Bulldozer action on houses of accused of rape in Gujarat's Jamnagar
5 days, 10 hours ago

Bulldozer action on houses of accused of rape in Gujarat's Jamnagar

India Today  

Authorities in Gujarat's Jamnagar rolled out bulldozers and demolished four houses of a man accused of raping a woman on Saturday, January 5. The accused of the gang rape, Hussain Gulmamad Sheikh, had illegally built four houses on about 2,500 feet of municipal land in the Ghanchi Khadki area in Jamnagar, the local municipal corporation officials said, adding that a …

UP: Friday Prayers Held Peacefully In Sambhal Amid Tight Security On Babri Demolition Anniversary
1 month ago

UP: Friday Prayers Held Peacefully In Sambhal Amid Tight Security On Babri Demolition Anniversary

ABP News  

Sambhal, Dec 6 : Heavy security deployment was mounted in Sambhal on Friday in light of Friday prayers and the Babri demolition anniversary, with clerics appealing to people to offer prayers in their local mosques and maintain peace in the area. District Magistrate Rajender Pensiya told reporters that the prayers went off peacefully at the Shahi Jama Masjid with 600 …

Photo Essay: The Babri Masjid demolition, 32 years ago
1 month ago

Photo Essay: The Babri Masjid demolition, 32 years ago

India Today  

The demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, marked a pivotal moment in India's history, fuelling debates over religion, politics, and identity. Leaders Addressing the Crowd BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani’s speeches galvanised the masses, stoking passions that culminated in the Babri Masjid's demolition. Riots after the Babri Masjid demolition in Seelampur The Aftermath The destruction …

SP leader Haji Raza’s building demolished; latest in series of such demolitions
4 months, 2 weeks ago

SP leader Haji Raza’s building demolished; latest in series of such demolitions

Hindustan Times  

The authorities on Tuesday demolished a three-storied building of Opposition Samajwadi Party leader Haji Raza at Baqargunj in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur amid tight security with the deployment of personnel from 10 police stations. Raza was in the news in June after a local ruling Bharatiya Janata Party functionary filed a complaint against him for alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister …

Muslim homes, shops bulldozed; over 150 arrested in Nuh in India’s Haryana
1 year, 5 months ago

Muslim homes, shops bulldozed; over 150 arrested in Nuh in India’s Haryana

Al Jazeera  

Residents in BJP-ruled state’s only Muslim-majority district say more than 300 properties have been demolished in four days. Nuh, India – Abdul Rasheed says police locked him in a bus as a bulldozer demolished his shops in India’s northern Haryana state where a Muslim-majority district saw communal clashes last week. “We have been handed a begging bowl.” Rasheed’s is among …

Prayagraj violence: House demolished had nameplate of main accused Javed Mohammad, Uttar Pradesh govt tells high court
2 years, 6 months ago

Prayagraj violence: House demolished had nameplate of main accused Javed Mohammad, Uttar Pradesh govt tells high court

Firstpost  

According to the petition filed by accused Javed Mohammad’s wife and daughter, the house did not belong to him, but was owned by Fatima, who had received it as a gift from her parents before marriage Prayagraj: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday told the Allahabad High Court that the house demolished in Prayagraj following the 10 June violence had …

Bulldozer on the loose: The Hindu Editorial on demolition of property of Muslim activists
2 years, 6 months ago

Bulldozer on the loose: The Hindu Editorial on demolition of property of Muslim activists

The Hindu  

The demolition of houses and buildings linked to protesters in Uttar Pradesh is nothing but retribution and collective punishment targeted at Muslims. The fig-leaf of legality attached to the claim that the action by the Prayagraj Development Authority was to clear an illegal building has been blown away by the fact that the notice of demolition was addressed to Mr. …

Prophet Row Violence: Plea in HC Against Prayagraj Demolition; Over 400 Held, Bhiwandi Man Held for Supporting Nupur Sharma
2 years, 6 months ago

Prophet Row Violence: Plea in HC Against Prayagraj Demolition; Over 400 Held, Bhiwandi Man Held for Supporting Nupur Sharma

News 18  

The Prayagraj Development Authority demolished the house of the accused in the June 10 violence in Prayagraj amid heavy police deployment. Police personnel and a JCB machine reached the Kareli police station around 10.30 am and the demolition commenced around 1 pm,” a senior PDA official said. According to police, Ahmad is the alleged mastermind of the stone pelting that …

3 JCBs, 2-storey home, 5 hours of demolition: Action after Prayagraj violence
2 years, 6 months ago

3 JCBs, 2-storey home, 5 hours of demolition: Action after Prayagraj violence

India Today  

It took five hours and three bulldozers to demolish the 2-storey residence of Javed Mohammad, an accused in Prayagraj clashes. Heavy police deployment was seen outside Mohammed Javed aka Javed Pump's home in the Atala area on Sunday ahead of a planned demolition. Bulldozers demolish home of Prayagraj violence accused in UP Tanvi Pruthi says ‘This is a perfect script …

Protest in JNU in favour of Prayagraj violence accused's daughter
2 years, 6 months ago

Protest in JNU in favour of Prayagraj violence accused's daughter

India Today  

A protest is underway in Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University in support of activist Afreen Fatima, the daughter of Mohammad Javed. But according to UP Police, Javed allegedly masterminded the Prayagraj protests amid Prophet remarks row on Friday. Shocked to receive this from JNU with the update that the family’s home has been demolished: https://t.co/iQ2BEJ9kFt Due process of law is fundamental …

Prayagraj: House of violence mastermind Javed Ahmed bulldozed
2 years, 6 months ago

Prayagraj: House of violence mastermind Javed Ahmed bulldozed

Op India  

The Uttar Pradesh Police is in action after the violence by Islamic fundamentalists in Prayagraj after the Friday prayers on June 10. Terming the house of the accused Javed as illegal, the Prayagraj Development Authority had earlier put up a notice at his residence asking him to vacate the house by 11 am today. #WATCH | Heavy security force deployed …

Uttar Pradesh: Illegal house of Prayagraj violence mastermind Javed Ahmed to be razed
2 years, 6 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Illegal house of Prayagraj violence mastermind Javed Ahmed to be razed

Op India  

The Prayagraj Development Authority has issued notice that they will be demolishing the illegally constructed house of the Prayagraj violence mastermind Javed Ahmed today. The Uttar Pradesh Police apprehended Javed Ahmed, the suspected mastermind of the rioting in Prayagraj during the Friday Namaz on June 10th. UP | Prayagraj Development Authority has put a demolition notice at the residence of …

Bulldozer to run over home of key accused in Prayagraj clash, family asked to vacate premises
2 years, 6 months ago

Bulldozer to run over home of key accused in Prayagraj clash, family asked to vacate premises

India Today  

The Prayagraj Development Authority has served a notice to demolish the house of Mohammad Javed alias Javed Pump, who has been identified as the main conspirator behind the violence that erupted in the city on Friday. PDA action notice served to the main accused's family The PDA said Javed had failed to respond to the show-cause notice sent on May …

PDA conducts demolition drive at house of Javed Pump, alleged mastermind of Prophet row rioting in UP
2 years, 6 months ago

PDA conducts demolition drive at house of Javed Pump, alleged mastermind of Prophet row rioting in UP

Firstpost  

Protests erupted in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal over the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad made by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled leader Naveen Jindal Prayagraj: A day after violence broke out during protests after Friday prayers in Prayaraj, demolition drive was carried out by Prayagraj Development Authority at the ‘illegally constructed’ residence of …

Prophet row: 'Illegally constructed' house of Prayagraj violence alleged mastermind demolished
2 years, 6 months ago

Prophet row: 'Illegally constructed' house of Prayagraj violence alleged mastermind demolished

India TV News  

Highlights House of the alleged conspirator of Prayagraj violence was demolished by the district authorities According to the Prayagraj authorities, the house was Illegally constructed Bulldozers were used for action by the Prayagraj Development Authority under the ambit of law Prophet remarks row: Demolition drive at the illegally constructed residence of the alleged mastermind of Prayagraj violence Javed Ahmed continued …

Jahangirpuri demolition: Our peace bulldozed into despair | OPINION
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri demolition: Our peace bulldozed into despair | OPINION

India Today  

A sleepy town in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri that has been the symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity for decades became the hotbed of controversy following a recent Ram Navami procession that led to attacks on religious minorities right under the nose of the police administration. In fact, false cases were registered against the victims themselves and later, bulldozers razed the homes of minorities …

Jahangirpuri: Demolition, as vigilante justice, is illegal
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri: Demolition, as vigilante justice, is illegal

Hindustan Times  

In the wake of communal riots that flared up in the aftermath of the Ram Navami celebrations in various states, the response of the administration has been to use bulldozers to demolish the homes of various people who — it is alleged — were involved in the riots. The administration — that is, the State — is bound by the …

Bulldozers in Jahangirpuri: Demolition Halted, SC to Hear Pleas Against Drive on Thursday
2 years, 8 months ago

Bulldozers in Jahangirpuri: Demolition Halted, SC to Hear Pleas Against Drive on Thursday

News 18  

After halting the demolition drive in which bulldozers razed several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri on Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear petitions against the civic action on Thursday. Days after Jahangirpuri was rocked by communal violence, bulldozers rolled into the troubled area and razed several structures close to a mosque as part of an anti-encroachment drive. HC did not hear …

Jahangirpuri drive a ‘targeted demolition’: Asaduddin Owaisi
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri drive a ‘targeted demolition’: Asaduddin Owaisi

Hindustan Times  

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who has strongly objected to Wednesday’s demolition drive in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, described the action as a ‘targeted demolition’, pointing to the bulldozer razing down shops in front of a mosque, but not those in front of a temple. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to reports, officials of the North Delhi Municipal …

Jahangirpuri drive a ‘targeted demolition’: Asaduddin Owaisi
2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri drive a ‘targeted demolition’: Asaduddin Owaisi

Hindustan Times  

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who has strongly objected to Wednesday’s demolition drive in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, described the action as a ‘targeted demolition’, pointing to the bulldozer razing down shops in front of a mosque, but not those in front of a temple. This is a targeted demolition, I condemn it,” Owaisi said, according to news agency ANI. AIMIM chief …

Congress Slams Demolition Drives, AAP Says 'Use Bulldozer on Amit Shah's House'
2 years, 8 months ago

Congress Slams Demolition Drives, AAP Says 'Use Bulldozer on Amit Shah's House'

The Quint  

Meanwhile, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi said that Muslims were going through collective punishment throughout the country, and that the ruling party was engaging in "targeted demolition." He added that he was grateful that the Supreme Court issued a stay order with regard to the demolition in Jahangirpuri. "I'm grateful that the Supreme Court took notice of it …

Muslim properties razed in New Delhi after communal violence
2 years, 8 months ago

Muslim properties razed in New Delhi after communal violence

The Independent  

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Social media user Ashraf Ali arrested for threatening SDM over demolition of illegal mosque in Barabanki
3 years, 7 months ago

Social media user Ashraf Ali arrested for threatening SDM over demolition of illegal mosque in Barabanki

Op India  

Social media user Ashraf Ali of Dariyabad was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday for threatening the SDM Divyanshu Patel over demolition of the 100-year-old illegal mosque earlier this month. Officials confirmed that an illegal residential structure situated inside the ‘tehsil’ premises in Ram Sanehi Ghat area in the district, which the outraging Muslim organisations and opposition is …

Residents of the illegal mosque in Barabanki had fled after receiving notice
3 years, 7 months ago

Residents of the illegal mosque in Barabanki had fled after receiving notice

Op India  

A controversy has erupted after the administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district pulled down a 100-year-old illegally constructed ‘mosque’ in the area. Officials confirmed that an illegal residential structure situated inside the ‘tehsil’ premises in Ram Sanehi Ghat area in the district, which the outraging Muslim organisations and opposition is claiming to be a ‘mosque’, was demolished on the orders …

India: Century-old mosque razed in defiance of court order
3 years, 7 months ago

India: Century-old mosque razed in defiance of court order

Al Jazeera  

Officials in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh have allegedly bulldozed an old mosque, triggering anger and anguish among the Muslim minority, with a prominent community organisation saying it will approach the high court over the matter. On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, a Muslim body that looks after mosques and other community assets in the state, …

Hindu outfits celebrate demolition of Babri Masjid; AIMIM observes black day
5 years, 1 month ago

Hindu outfits celebrate demolition of Babri Masjid; AIMIM observes black day

The Hindu  

The Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad here on Friday celebrated the 27th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri mosque as “Shaurya Diwas” while the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen observed it as a black day. Addressing the gathering at the Kali temple, Bajrang Dal office-bearer Durgesh Tripathi said in 1528, emperor Babar’s commander Mir Baqi had demolished the …

On Babri Masjid demolition anniversary day, cops heighten security in Ayodhya amid Shaurya Diwas
6 years, 1 month ago

On Babri Masjid demolition anniversary day, cops heighten security in Ayodhya amid Shaurya Diwas

Firstpost  

Hundreds of security personnel dotted the roads and bylanes and police made preventive arrests to thwart protests at the disputed site in Ayodhya on the 26th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque on Thursday, as authorities kept a tight vigil especially in the wake of saffron outfits raising the pitch over the sensitive Ram temple issue. Ayodhya: Hundreds of …

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