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Publication: HaindavaKeralam.org
Date: March 3, 2007
URL: http://www.haindavakeralam.org/PageModule.aspx?PageID=3157
Fifth anniversary of Gujarat riots, let us
remember those innocent Hindus lost their lives.
Very few people in the world know this truth.
More than 250 innocent Hindus killed by Muslim mobs during Gujarat violence!.
The entire anti Hindu media had launched massive attack against Gujarat Chief
Minister and Hindu organizations in Gujarat by highlighting "Thousands
of Poor Muslims killed by Hindu fundamentalists in Gujarat". But none
of the media want to say the bitter side of it. The communal violence took
the lives of more than 25o Hindus and more than 60 Devotees were burnt alive
which includes women and Children.
Attacks on Hindus by Muslim mobs in Danilimda,
Modasa, Himmatnagar, Bharuch, Sindhi Market, Bhanderi Pole, and other localities
in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat were perpetrated by Muslim mobs. The attacks
have been described as retaliatory by Human Rights Watch..
The attacks on the Dalit community were particularly
severe. Among the more significant attacks was the one in Khariwadi of Shahpur
slum. There was significant loss of life and property and many Hindu Dalits
were rendered homeless. The Muslim manager of a nearby hotel rallied a group
of Muslim youths and set the houses of the Dalits on fire, first taking care
to remove all inhabitants of the Muslim houses to a safe place. Hindu families
had their houses burnt down, and two girls were burnt alive. Asylum was provided
to the Hindus by a Sindhi hotelier. Similar attacks were recorded against
Dalits by Muslim mobs armed with words in Behrampura. The attacks on Dalits
have largely been ignored by the "secular" politicians & anti
Hindu media of the country.
According to testifying witnesses, Muslims
in the Amraiwadi area unfurled the Pakistani flag and raised pro-Pakistan
slogans ten days after the Godhra riots. There were continued claims of Hindus
being attacked in the area. This was accompanied by cries demanding that "Kaffirs"
be killed and their houses emptied, said Ashok Patel, a BJP member and municipal
corporator. He further said that riots were triggered after Muslims instigated
them "with an intention of spreading fear".
In September 2002, at least 29 people were
killed when suspected Islamic fundamentalist gunmen engaged in the Akshardham
Temple attack in the city of Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The Pakistani ISI and
Islamic terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba were accused of supporting the terrorists.
Over ten thousand Hindus were made homeless
as a result of the Gujarat violence. In several residential areas, including
Mahajan No Vando, Hindus were targeted following calls for retaliation. After
looting the Hindu homes, they threw kerosene on the roofs and ignited their
houses. According to one Hindu who lived through the violence.
The blood of Gujarati Hindus were largely
'unnoticed' by the whole media and power hungry politicians of the country
even today. Let us remember and pray for the soul of those innocent Hindus
killed in their own country by the followers of the invaders.
