India Tomorrow
NEW DELHI—Strongly condemning the incidents of attack on mosques and other properties of Muslims in Tripura, various Muslim organizations and political parties have urged the Tripura state government to take stringent action against the miscreants and pay adequate compensation to those who lost their properties in the violence.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s (JIH) national secretary Malik Mohtasim Khan said the miscreants vandalized a number of mosques and other properties of Muslims, besides attacking Muslim men and women.
According to reports reaching here, as many as six mosques were vandalized. One of the mosques was burned down completely.
Mr Khan demanded that the Government of Tripura take stern action against the miscreants and the administration and law enforcement forces bring normalcy in the areas experiencing violence and arson.
“Some anti-social elements allegedly chanted communal slogans against Indian Muslims in protests in Agartala and other places that were organized against the recent events of Bangladesh. Such protests are reprehensible and mandate legal action against such anti-social elements,” said Mr. Khan.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind had strongly condemned the incidents in Bangladesh a week ago and the violence against minorities and demanded that the Government of Bangladesh protect the lives and property of minorities under all circumstances.
Mr. Malik said, “We also express our grief and anger over these incidents in Bangladesh and also express our deep concern and resentment over the attempt to use these incidents for creating communal disharmony in India. Oppression of minorities has become a serious problem in many parts of the world today. This process has become a shortcut and easy means for political parties and right-wing organizations to further their political interests. This trend has become a serious threat to human rights. No civilized society in the world can tolerate this attitude. There is a need for all justice-loving people of our country to condemn the events in Bangladesh and to speak out against the events in Tripura and force the governments to meet the demands of law and order and justice. In these circumstances, the responsibility of religious leaders is two-fold. No religion should be exploited to spread oppression. The voice of religious leaders should be louder than that of communal leaders. This is the demand of the present situation and in the interest of humanity and the country”.
Stating that the right-wing Hindu groups were adept in persecuting the Muslim minorities in northeastern states by branding them as Bangladeshi migrants, Popular Front of India said that they were now doing it in the garb of anti-minority violence in Bangladesh.
PFI said that while the right Hindu groups were decrying what happened with the minorities in Bangladesh, they were totally silent about violence against minorities in their own country.
PFI urged the civil society in Tripura to come forward and condemn the attacks on Muslims in Tripura.
Demanding a fair investigation, PFI urged the Tripura government to take immediate action against the culprits so that real masterminds and instigators behind the violence are brought to justice.
