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The world's average annual death rate from intentional violence, in recent years, has been 7.9 per 100,000 people. [ 167] For 2012, [ 11] there were 93 deaths in India from many incidences of communal violence (or 0.007 fatalities per 100,000 people). Of these, 48 were Muslims, 44 Hindus and one police official.
During the rebellion, there were instances of both Muslim and Hindu soldiers and civilians fighting together against the British, as well as instances of conflict between the two communities. [20] [21] [22] Islam and Hinduism share some ritual practices, such as fasting and pilgrimage, but their views differ on various aspects. There are also ...
Over 10,000 people have been killed in Hindu-Muslim communal violence since 1950. [ 18] According to official figures, there were 6,933 instances of communal violence between 1954 and 1982 and, between 1968 and 1980, there were 530 Hindus and 1,598 Muslims killed in a total of 3,949 instances of mass violence. [ 19]
Local Muslim leader Syed Mohammad Yaseen, 78, feels the government is failing to protect his community, which he says is feeling increasingly vulnerable and fearful of hate crimes in today’s India.
Hindu-Muslim clashes just outside the Indian capital this week have worsened religious fault lines in the region and exposed a booming business hub to threats of violence and disruption ...
Hindu–Muslim sectarian violence occurred in the town of Karauli on 2 April 2022, when a Hindu New Year bike-rally organised by Sangh Parivar organisations passed through a Muslim locality with inflammatory slogans and music. [1] [2] Stone-pelting from surrounding houses, local people attacking with sticks, and arson, resulted in injuries to ...
A group of mob set fire to around a dozen Hindu-owned houses in Rangpur's Pirganj Upazila on 17 October after an alleged post by a local Hindu boy on Kaaba went viral. [20] Local Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders instigated the mob alleging that the post demeaned the holy place vandalized the houses, set fire, and obstructed fire-fighters to ...
By Shivam Patel. NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Suhel Mansuri, who carries scars from Hindu-Muslim riots that killed dozens in his district of India's capital in 2020, says his vote on Saturday in national ...