Communalism

Hindu extremists had threatened Pastor Sankar in the past for preaching Christianity, and had also threatened to kill him.

“The Christians in this area have been facing intense opposition from the radical Hindu nationalists. Several times Pastor Shankar defended Christians from radical Hindu nationalists, and that could be the reason for this extreme form of persecution [through] killing,” a local Christian said.

https://iamc.com/hindu-extremists-stab-christian-pastor-to-death-for-preaching-christianity/

Stories of love and hate | Remembering the Gujarat Carnage 20 years later | Siddharth Vardarajan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBfkiMUkAE Feb 25, 2022 Citizens for Justice and Peace Renowned journalist, editor and academic Siddharth Vardarajan reads out his story about the price of love in times of hate. "I love you Geetaben from the bottom of my heart" The story was published by the Times of India in April 2002, when Vardarajan was the deputy-editor. He has also authored the book, Gujarat- the Making of a Tragedy

20 Years of 2002 Gujarat Riots | Unscripted Ft. Rana Ayyub  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_2IyTv5Cr2U  1984 sikh genocide if there was justice then , then 1993 would not have occured, nor would 2002.. 

Gujarat 2002 - 2022 Memories of Struggle | Music and Conversation https://youtu.be/Z61ddJmeULI  27th Feb 2022  Human Rights Defender and CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad brings together activist-musician TM Krishna and actor Naseeruddin Shah to host special conversations and live music with survivors and families of victims of the genocide.

The build-up to Gujarat Carnage of 2002  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKXgHOldiUQ Feb 22, 2022 Citizens for Justice and Peace

For many years before the Gujarat carnage, Communalism Combat, a magazine edited by Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand, had been exposing ominous signs of a build-up of Hindutva extremism in the state. From open distribution of Trishuls in the state to politicisation of the police force, the tell tale signs of a coming collapse of communal amity could be seen all around. Teesta Setalvad takes us through the years leading up to what is popularly touted as a ‘spontaneous’ reaction of a peaceful majority. 

When Shubha Mudgal honoured the victims of Gujarat carnage at the Gulberg society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXmrZqBEKek Feb 24, 2022

On 27th February 2012, CJP organized a memorial to mark ten years of Gujarat Carnage. Celebrated musicians Shubha Mudgal, Aneesh Pradhan and Sudhir Patwardhan perform in Gulberg Society, Ahmedabad in the presence of almost 1000 survivors and human rights activists

A Genocide Emergency is declared when the genocidal process has reached the stage of genocidal massacres and other acts of genocide.   https://www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages 

In December 2021 in Hardiwar, Hindutva leaders openly incited genocide against Muslims.
Genocide Watch recognizes the Modi BJP government's state-sponsored attack on the Muslim community
as

Stage 6: Polarization,

Stage 7: Preparation, and

Stage 8: Persecution.

Modi’s statements at Aligarh Muslim University perversely claiming that his new laws are intended to "uplift the Muslim community"
demonstrate Stage 10: Denial.    https://secureservercdn.net/160.153.137.163/v89.80d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Genocide-Emergency-India-2021-2.pdf

Full Story: How Accused in Naroda Gam Massacre Case Were Acquitted? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXNGaPpaOVw   The wire May 1, 2023
साल 2014 के बाद एक पैटर्न देखने को मिलता है कि गुजरात दंगे के आरोपी लगातार रिहा होने लगे। नरेंद्र मोदी को भी साल 2022 में क्लीन चिट दे दिया गया। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने अगस्त 2022 में गुजरात दंगों के 9 में से 8 मामलों को बंद करने का आदेश दे दिया। तो इस वीडियो में इसी विषय पर बात की गई है कि ऐसा कहना क्यों उचित है कि गुजरात दंगों के लिए न्याय करने की कोशिश कभी नहीं की गई?

The Soul-Wounds of Massacre, or Why We Should Not Forget the 2002 Gujarat Pogrom https://thewire.in/communalism/2002-gujarat-anti-muslim-pogrom   27/FEB/2022 This article is extracted from Harsh Mander's book: Between Memory and Forgetting: Massacre and the Modi Years in Gujarat, Yoda Press, 2019.
Every second Indian was born and raised in times of aggressive majoritarianism, and also in neoliberal India, with no memory of another country, as it was imagined, and imperfectly lived.

Is Islam in India under threat? ।  ALLAH NAAM KI SIYASAT by Hilal Ahmed BOOK REVIEW Jan 21, 2023  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bit46tg2q9o Hilal Ahmed's book "Allah Naam Ki Siyasat" sheds light on the relationship between the basic tenets of Islam and the state of mind of Muslims in Indian society. The book has come at a time when there is a lot of misunderstanding and ignorance about Muslims and Islam in India. Is. This book is not only an attempt to overcome this challenge, it also discusses in depth all the burning questions arising in the context of Islam and Muslims in India after independence. Discussion on this book with author Hilal Ahmed