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had reportedly gone there to inspect a cabin and other property belonging to his supporters, which were dam aged in Sunday's clash. (Indian Express 17.12.02) 18th Dec. Muslims won’t leave Gujarat but won’t live as second-class citizens (7) THE BJP victory in a Gujarat is a sad day for not just Muslims but for the whole country. The party rode to power on the strength of Muslim blood and tears. It is shocking that most Gujarati Hindus have agreed with the Modi-Togadia line of hatred for Mus lims. The entire BJP cam paign was based on rejecting Muslims as terrorists and Pakistanis. Five million Gujarati Muslims have practically been marginalized. Ours is a poor community with a high rate of illiteracy. But asdversity will make us stronger in the days to come. Muslims are not going to leave Gujarat. Nor will we live as second class-citizens on the charity of the Sangh Parivar. (Indian Express 18.12.020) Violence still on in Rajkot, Vadodara (7) Rajkot/Vadodara: Three persons were injured in po lice firing, while several oth ers sustained minor injuries as mob frenzy continued in Vadodara till the wee hours of Tuesday. Incidents of ar son were reported from Bhavnagar city also. In Vadodara, mobs went on a rampage in several areas. Violence continued till about 1.30 am on Tuesday. In an at tempt to quell the rioting mobs, the police fired six rounds and lobbed 28 teargas shells. Trouble began in the Nawabwada area of the city, when mobs belonging to dif ferent communities started pelting stones on each other. A religious place near the Nagarwada police outpost was also attacked. In Fatehpura area, intense rioting took place in the Kumbharwada and Panjrigar Mohalla areas. (Times of India 18.12.02) Death to those who oppose Hindutva, says Togadia (7) New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) general sec retary — and cancer surgeon — Praveen Togadia said on Tuesday that all those who opposed Hindutva philoso phy would, like cancer pa tients, live under a death sen tence, which would be exe cuted by the people. He was answering a jour nalist who asked him whether he wasn't spreading the poison of cancer through his anti-minority propagan da. Not at all, he said, it was those who opposed Hindutva who had cancer and lived in daily danger of dying. And, the Gujarat elections, he said, had proved that 'Hindu-bashing' did not yield politi cal dividends in India. A bellicose Togadia, high on the Sangh Parivar's victo ry in Gujarat, said the BJP would not be allowed to aban don the Hindutva agenda in the state, and exhorted it to "dismember Pakistan". In dia, he said, had been a Hin du nation, was a Hindu na tion and would continue to be so, and within the next two years, everyone in the coun try would have to acknowl edge it. (Times of India 18.12.02) Tribal forum to oppose conversions (7) Guwahati, Dec. 17: The growing oppo sition to the increased activities of the Christian missionaries acquired a new dimension with the formation of the North East India Janajati Faith and Cul ture Protection Forum, apparently backed by Sangh parivar, to counter these activities. After the conclusion of the two-day 'Convention on Janajati Faith and Cul ture' organised by the forum, forum pres ident Bikram Bahadur Jamatiya on Mon day expressed deep concern over the role of the Christian missionaries in mass conversions carried out in the tribal areas of this region allegedly taking advantage of the innocence and lack of proper knowledge of the tribal people. According to Mr Jamatiya, over 9 per cent of the total population of Tripura have converted their faith, out of which four per cent are Jamatiyas. He held the poor socio-economic condition of the tribal and wrong government policies responsible for this and cautioned that conversion of faith and culture will ultimately lead to the disintegration of the country. (Asian Age 18.12.02) 22 nd Dec. VHP, Sena bid to perform puja at Qutab foiled (7) New Delhi, Dec. 21: Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Sant Mahamandal and Shiv Sena on Saturday made an abortive bid to perform puja inside Qutab Minar premis es in the city. The attempt was unsuccessful, but left the monument with heavy security inside and confused tourists outside. The police stopped the activists, led by Swami Pragyananda of the Mahamandal, from reaching the Minar. The activists were demanding the right to perform "puja" at the pro tected monument, which they claim was
"constructed by demolishing 27 Hindu and Jain temples:" Around 150 activists who had gathered were stopped from entering the protected monument and later arrested. (Asian Age 22.12.02) 23 rd Dec. Christians slam VHP honour for mother of Dara Singh (7) NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 22: CHRISTIAN organisa tions today expressed "utter disgust" at reports of VHP president Vishnu Hari Dalmia honouring the mother of Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two children. The honour shows "ex treme callousness towards the feelings of the Christian community", the organisa tions said. "We expected no differ ent from this group of peo ple, who have said that they will carry out the experiment of fascist comrnunalism they showed in the Gujarat y genocide to other states as well," a statement issued by the All India Christian Council and All India Catholic Union said here. "We had, however, ex pected that national leaders such as Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and others in BJP would feel hurt and express their outrage at this travesty," they said. (Indian Express 23.12.02) 24 th Dec. Curfew imposed in Rajasthan town (7) JAIPUR, DEC. 23.Gangapur town in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan was brought under curfew today following clashes between members of two communities the previous night. Though not relat ed, two localities in Chittorgarh district— Kapasan and Parsoli --and Kaman in Bharatpur also reported communal tension after reports of miscreants damaging idols. In another incident, related to the kidnapping of a local boy and his subsequent death, the people in Bari town of Dholpur district surrounded the local police station and damaged some public prop erty. Many persons were reportedly injured in the violence and the police action which followed. The people were demanding the re moval of the police personnel from the station for their "mishand ling" of the case which led to the death of the boy, Saurabh. Gangapur had witnesses communal clashes in March this year when a group of persons tried to stop the Moharrum procession. In the police action which followed a person was killed. That time despite a ban on his entry, the VHP leader, Pravin Togadia had slipped into the area to address a rally. Mr.Togadia had addressed a meeting in Gangapur on December 14. (Hindu 24.12.02) 25th Dec. One killed in Vadodara violence (7) VADODARA, Dec. 24. -One person was killed and several others were injured in a fresh bout of communal violence in the sensitive Navapura area of the city tonight, two days after a new government was instal led in Gujarat. Police said the deceased, a 55-year-old man, was kil led in stone-throwing. The victim, who was reportedly riding a two-wheeler, was shifted to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. Police used teargas shells to disperse members of two communities who indulged in arson and stone-pelting. What sparked off the vio lence was not immediately known, they added. (Statesman 25.12.02) 26 th Dec. Shop set afire, curfew continues (7) JAIPUR, DEC. 25. A shop was set ablaze by miscreants last night even as an indefinite curfew continued for third consecutive day today in the troubled Gangapur area of the Swai Madhopur district, the police said. However, the blaze was promptly put out by a fire tender and no damage was reported, it said here. Meanwhile, as many as 29 people had been arrested and six cases registered in connection with Monday's violence involving members of two communities. A curfew had been imposed in the township as tension arose following the clashes which left two injured. (Hindu 26.12.02) Attack on church in West Bengal (7) Kolkata: In an unprecedent ed attack on a church in West Bengal's Nadia district, crim inals injured half a dozen people during the midnight mass on Tuesday. They also looted money and valuables from the church safe and the devotees. The police said that twenty armed criminals were in volved in the attack. However, the Bangiya Christiya Pariseba general secretary Herod Mullick said more than 40 people were
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communal tension in the state. The
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minority community should be recogn
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history textbooks, you maintained a
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(class 10) and HSC (class 12) exams
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1 st May 2002 Three killed in Gujar
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the Hindu religion". He emphasised
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