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The Muslim Observer, 31 May 2002

There Is No Security Or Justice for Muslims in Gujurat

The Muslim Observer, 3 May 2002

Genocide under a Mask of Rebellion in Gujurat

CNN, 22 April 2002

Indian State of Gujurat Continues to Burn

The acts of violence that had been going on in Gujurat for weeks made their
way into the world press. However, the Hindu nationalist dominated govern-
ment acted very slowly in putting an end to the assaults. They waited for
days, turning a blind eye to people being killed and burned alive. Statements
issued referred to the attacks as “normal.”
(side, top) A BBC report under the headline “Doubts over Gujurat train at-
tack” dated 3 July, 2002, covered concerns that the train act that had trig-
gered off the events in Gujurat had been a deliberate act of provocation. The
world press described how Muslims were living in fear, women were being
raped and everywhere was filled with charred corpses. Another report on the
BBC, dated 16 April, 2002, was titled “Gujurat Muslim women rape victims”
Another noteworthy feature of the report was the way that the security forces
had made no move to put an end to the attacks.
The Islamonline web site carried a report by the Human Rights Watch
Organisation headed “Gujurat Violence Okayed, Orchestrated by India: HRW”
A CNN report was headed “India’s Gujurat continues to burn.”