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Pictures of Carnage in Gujarat by ultra right-wing Hindu
groups led by the World Hindu Council a.k.a Vishwa Hindu Parishad “I
don't fear death for it is inevitable. But I fear the death of my heart and
my feelings. For that does not need to happen unless I make it happen. So look at
these pictures and do something to stop this carnage and declare
your humanity. Or watch the Oscars” |
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An Indian Muslim man stranded on the first floor of his
house and surrounded by Hindu rioters begs to nearby police to rescue him in
Ahmedabad, the main city in Gujarat, on March 1, 2002. REUTERS/Arko Datta
Indian Muslims grieving for the loss of their property
and loved ones. Targeted only because of their faith |
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A Bajranj Dal activist armed with a iron stick shouts slogans
against muslims as they went burning Muslim shops and attacked residences at
Sahapur in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002. (AFP) |
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AHMEDABAD INDIA : A Bajranj Dal activists climbs on top
of a billboard as he shouts slogans against Muslims, burning shops and
attacked homes at Sahapur in Ahmedabad, 28 February 2002, in revenge for the
February 27 attack by a Muslim mob on a train carrying Hindu activists that
left 58 people dead in the Northern state of Gujarat. Police used tear gas to
control hundreds of Hindus targeting Muslim-owned shops and sparking a
running street battle with police and Muslim residents. AFP PHOTO |
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Massacring Hindutva mobs go on a killing spree in
Gujarat, India while the police and security forces stand by idly as
spectators or in some cases assist in the carnage |
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Children are not spared
LAST REFUGE: A child injured in the riots sits inside an
Ahmedabad mosque after his father took shelter there. (Reuters) |
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Not even Babies
Muslim children burnt alive by right-wing Hindu mobs |
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Burnt alive in the thousands
Bodies of innocent muslim civilians torched by Hindutva
fanatics led by
World Hindu Council, Bajrang Dal and RSS leaders. A report by the SAHMAT Fact
Finding Team to Ahmedabad suggests an orchestrated massacre of muslim lives
(including women & children) and property
. These pictures were obtained by an Amateur photographer in Ahmedabad |
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Muslims Burnt Alive in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Muslim relief workers prepare
burned corpses for burial at t he Kalandari Masjid Momim Jamat
burial ground in Ahmedabad, India's Western Gujarat state. [March
6, 2002. REUTERS] |
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Police show indifference
A policeman walks
past a burned body at Naroda Paldi in Ahmedabad on 2 March 2002. Over 200
Muslim houses were burnt down in which over 25 people were burnt alive in
retalitation to the attack on the Sabarmati Express in Gujarat which left at
least 58 people dead - mostly Hindu activists. Police put the state-wide toll
in rioting since the train massacre at 258, with 208 dead in Ahmedabad alone.
(AFP) |
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Utter Chaos. Looting, murder and rape was the theme in
Gujarat
A man carries goods looted from a shop in riot-torn
Ahmedabad while a policeman looks on, February 28, 2002. Troops arrived in
Gujarat on Friday to crush religious violence that has killed 100 people in
two days, the worst communal bloodshed in a decade. REUTERS/Arko Datta |
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Looting of Muslim Businesses and Property
AHMEDABAD INDIA : A mob loots an electrical hardware
shop after Hindu activists called for a strike in Gujarat, 28 February 2002,
in retaliatation for the death of 58 Hindu activists burnt alive while
returing from the Ayodhya temple construction campaign. Riots erupted in
western India Thursday as the government and security forces tried to contain
simmering sectarian tensions. AFP PHOTO |
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Rioters walk away with looted goods in Ahmedabad on
February 28, 2002. Hindu mobs rampaged through Gujarat on Thursday after a
train carrying Hindu devotees was torched by suspected Muslim arsonists,
forcing authorities to seek the army's help to try to end the violence.
REUTERS/Arko Datta |
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Mosques Destroyed
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Properties Destroyed Mobs burn vehicles/properties in Ahmedabad on February 28,
2002,(AP)
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