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Why is every Hindutva replying with aba aba aba when Hindutva extremism and bigotry highlighted?
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me hating on indians, ive literally had to re train the kochi agents today on how to do basic payroll - due to them making soo many errors - our company has paid soo many fines - due to thr erros and not owning up to them.Hating on Muslims? Just bursting the Islamophobia bubble here.
Tell that your friend finalfantasy to stop hating on India and Hindus.
How can i hate hindus / indians ? which post can you proove that i hate hindus or even indians.
im just reporting indian news - i dont pick and choose the indian article im listing - not my fault literally 99.9% posts ive listed are hindus, if you think i pick and choose the articles i list - and yet i list 50 articles everyday - in a 2hr window - your not in the right mindset, due to yourself
you keep posting fake accounts on here - look at how many times ive caught u - just look at your post 1000, 1002 + 1003 and even your post 1001 is useless - your struggling to cope
all i doing is reporting on indian news, just look at the rubbish posts youve isted inside - Let’s revitalize good relations between Hindus and Muslims like pre colonial times [Goodwill Thread]
Have i made you cry again
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at least thr not molesting anything which moves, unlike what you lot do on HoliBlood Holi. A new festival unlocked.
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Pakistan should remain ideological.
But India should be secular.
Pakistan can be a Muslim State.
But Israel cannot be a Jewish State.
Do they even hear himself talking?
But India should be secular.
Pakistan can be a Muslim State.
But Israel cannot be a Jewish State.
Do they even hear himself talking?
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Pakistan should remain ideological.
But India should be secular.
Pakistan can be a Muslim State.
But Israel cannot be a Jewish State.
Do they even hear himself talking?
Instead of staying ignorant for the rest of your life, you should read more about Jewish migrants. The needy people who were welcomed by Palestinians with opened arms as refugees, today claims the land was promised to them 3500 years ago? Lol.
Do you even know what this image is? Oh how would a blind by heart know? Who openly supports zionism and genocide and claims to be a human being.
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I've seen the brutality committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7. They all share the same ideology.
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I've seen the brutality committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7. They all share the same ideology.
2008–2009 — Gaza War (“Operation Cast Lead”)
- ~1,400–1,500 Palestinians killed (est.)
- Large proportion civilians; hundreds of women & children
- ~13 Israelis killed
- Massive airstrikes across Gaza
2012 — Gaza Conflict (“Pillar of Defense”)
- ~160+ Palestinians killed
- Dozens of women & children among casualties
- ~6 Israelis killed
- Targeted assassinations + airstrikes
2014 — Gaza War (“Operation Protective Edge”)
- ~2,200+ Palestinians killed
- ~500+ children, hundreds of women
- ~70+ Israelis killed
- Widespread destruction of Gaza infrastructure
2018 — Gaza Border Protests (“Great March of Return”)
- ~180+ Palestinians killed
- Includes women, children, journalists
- Thousands injured by live fire
- Israeli forces responded to mass protests at border fence
May 2021 — Gaza Escalation
- ~260 Palestinians killed
- ~60+ children, ~30–40 women (reported range)
- ~13 Israelis killed
- Major airstrikes on residential areas (including family homes)
2022 — “Operation Breaking Dawn”
- ~30+ Palestinians killed
- Several civilians, including children reported
- No major Israeli civilian casualties
- Short Islamic Jihad–Israel escalation
2023 — October War Begins (Hamas attack + Israeli invasion of Gaza)
- ~1,200 Israelis killed (Oct 7 attack)
- ~250 hostages taken
- Israel launches massive Gaza bombardment
Late 2023 (Oct–Dec) — Gaza Air Campaign
- ~20,000+ Palestinians killed (by year-end estimates)
- Large share women & children (often reported ~60%+)
- Tens of thousands injured
- Entire neighborhoods flattened (north Gaza especially)
2024 — Continued Gaza War (Intensified ground invasion)
- ~35,000+ Palestinians killed (by mid–late 2024 estimates)
- ~10,000+ children reported killed (UN/OCHA estimates range)
- ~4,000–5,000+ women reported killed
- Famine conditions + hospital collapses reported
2024 (Al-Ahli Hospital explosion period + refugee camps strikes)
- Hundreds killed in single incidents (various airstrikes)
- High child casualties in camp and school strikes
- Multiple mass casualty events in northern Gaza
2025 — Prolonged Gaza conflict phase
- ~64,000–70,000+ total Palestinian deaths (cumulative estimates across war period)
- Women + children consistently ~50–70% of identified casualties (UN-style reporting ranges)
- Widespread destruction of housing & infrastructure
2025 — Lebanon spillover (Israel–Hezbollah)
- ~3,000+ total deaths (Lebanon conflict phase)
- Significant civilian displacement in south Lebanon
2025–2026 — Gaza “ceasefire period” violence (partial truce)
- ~880–900 Palestinians killed post-ceasefire period (reported)
- Includes women & children (e.g., tent strikes, air raids)
- Ongoing targeted strikes on militants + collateral civilian deaths
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So you have not seen this and a lot more if we go back in dates but 7 oct strike? over 70,000 lives lost in most brutal manner????? No right to protect their own people and land which was forcefully taken by Israel who once landed here as refugees and now claim it as their own land??? and spreading terrorism which is backed by people like you.
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U dont have an answer to any of the things I said above except for random tweets. bhagne ke siwa ata kia hai
Enough for victim mentality .
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Can you read what was the news in that tweet? Same child shown multiple times for victim mentality. No more victim mentality.
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This Eid (not bakrid, but the one couple of months ago), for the first time I rang up my friends who are muslims to wish them. They were always friends, and not some special category of friends, so I felt awkward that I was seeing them as muslim friends now. The reason was that I wanted to lessen my guilt. Recorded their favourite songs on the instruments I have been learning and sent it to each one of them (actually just three, I don't have that many friends). They called back to say how good they felt and had long conversations.
But the Eid wish was more of a confession of guilt than a greeting.
And they were so happy that I had remembered them and played songs for them, that it made my shame worse.
And perhaps that was the most shameful part to admit: that a simple act of remembering my friends had begun to feel like an act of conscience.
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But the Eid wish was more of a confession of guilt than a greeting.
And they were so happy that I had remembered them and played songs for them, that it made my shame worse.
And perhaps that was the most shameful part to admit: that a simple act of remembering my friends had begun to feel like an act of conscience.
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Feeling of guilt is often the first step on the road to salvation brother
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In 1492 after Spain expelled 150k and burnt 13k Jews, the Muslim Sultan sent his navy to rescue them.
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Say it Hijab boy say it.
He lives in UK and says that it is Muslims duty to fight the Jewish and Christian Hukoomats and it is part of his faith and religion and there is no ambiguity about it.
These are the people that spread Islamophobia. But our resident intellectuals like @sweep_shot and @finalfantasy have nothing to say about such clerics openly talking about such things.
I don’t know how UK allows such BS in its countries. In any country in which has any pride left would put the he likes of Ali Dawah and Mo Hijab in jail or deport them back to the hell holes they came from.
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He lives in UK and says that it is Muslims duty to fight the Jewish and Christian Hukoomats and it is part of his faith and religion and there is no ambiguity about it.
These are the people that spread Islamophobia. But our resident intellectuals like @sweep_shot and @finalfantasy have nothing to say about such clerics openly talking about such things.
I don’t know how UK allows such BS in its countries. In any country in which has any pride left would put the he likes of Ali Dawah and Mo Hijab in jail or deport them back to the hell holes they came from.
32K views · 1K reactions | To all my friends following this page. If you see this video, don’t just like it. Share it. This is where Islam is today. They no longer are hiding their intent. They’re being openly transparent about their plot. We’re
To all my friends following this page. If you see this video, don’t just like it. Share it. This is where Islam is today. They no longer are hiding their intent. They’re being openly transparent...
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This puts me in the mind of the saying: honey catches more flies than vinegar.
Unfortunately it seems your hindutva zeal has regressed to old style Hindu acceptance...and like the soft power Bollywood of the Khans era, there is great danger that this will wipe out the remnants of Islam in Bharat.
Or great joy, depending on where you are coming from.
This is the reality of Islamic lands and tbe resident Indian badgers cry about caste discrimination in India
Slavery until 1960’s. It took British to ban slavery in Arabia and bring those barbarians to understand human rights.
@finalfantasy7 and @sweep_shot ? Care to comment on this. I know you read this. But conveniently skip the post as it is too embarrassing to even look at.
Slavery until 1960’s. It took British to ban slavery in Arabia and bring those barbarians to understand human rights.
@finalfantasy7 and @sweep_shot ? Care to comment on this. I know you read this. But conveniently skip the post as it is too embarrassing to even look at.
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This is the reality of Islamic lands and tbe resident Indian badgers cry about caste discrimination in India
Slavery until 1960’s. It took British to ban slavery in Arabia and bring those barbarians to understand human rights.
@finalfantasy7 and @sweep_shot ? Care to comment on this. I know you read this. But conveniently skip the post as it is too embarrassing to even look at.
This is Saudi Arabia, the seat of Islam. 1960s is just 50 years ago.
@LordJames If Islam is the one true religion and final word of God, shouldn't its holy book have a definitive commandment that slavery is wrong ?
He will deny this and call you Islamophobe. Just wait and watch.This is Saudi Arabia, the seat of Islam. 1960s is just 50 years ago.
@LordJames If Islam is the one true religion and final word of God, shouldn't its holy book have a definitive commandment that slavery is wrong ?
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They are not even subtle about their plans of taking over western civilization. But but Hindutva is the biggest threat to the world Paijaan
I recognize that guy. He is one of the foremost and influential scholars of Islam in North America. From Pakistan.
Yasir Qadhi - Wikipedia
Muslim man from Hyderabad India saying that he needs asylum because Indian government will kill him and his wife if they go back 
This after he got busted for smuggling stuff into Britain.
Everyday thousands of Muslim Indians travel abroad from Hyderabad, but the Indian government only targets this couple.
I hope he gets kicked back to India.
This after he got busted for smuggling stuff into Britain.
Everyday thousands of Muslim Indians travel abroad from Hyderabad, but the Indian government only targets this couple.
I hope he gets kicked back to India.
He is the same guy who once said he does not believe in Yajooj-Majooj in Quran. Got blasted for it and since then he became a full blown Islamist.I recognize that guy. He is one of the foremost and influential scholars of Islam in North America. From Pakistan.
Yasir Qadhi - Wikipedia
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Are these not the football fans rioting after the win for Paris against Arsenal last night?
What has this got to do with Islamphobia? The majority of those on show are white, only the ones at the front look like they are from North Africa.
Football is just an excuse. The real idea is to riot as they are North Africans. There are chants of Allahu Akbar in one of the posts I posted.
What do you think of the slavery post Mr. Rishwat?
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happens in india every day - i keep adding news articles in the rape thread, i ve tagged you many times - how come no responseThis is the reality of Islamic lands and tbe resident Indian badgers cry about caste discrimination in India
Slavery until 1960’s. It took British to ban slavery in Arabia and bring those barbarians to understand human rights.
@finalfantasy7 and @sweep_shot ? Care to comment on this. I know you read this. But conveniently skip the post as it is too embarrassing to even look at.
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your bold comment - wheres the proof - that they wont kill themMuslim man from Hyderabad India saying that he needs asylum because Indian government will kill him and his wife if they go back
This after he got busted for smuggling stuff into Britain.
Everyday thousands of Muslim Indians travel abroad from Hyderabad, but the Indian government only targets this couple.
I hope he gets kicked back to India.
you indians did break a few UK record - most illegals entered into the UK in a single yr and broke the continious record of illegals entering for around 20yrs in a row
INDIAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST PROBLEM STILL
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Look when you debate these RSS brain washed people they will always go on denial mode , that is how they have being bought up. Always deny . They treat the low caste hindus the same way. If you ask they will immediately go into denial mode .
Even look at their PM , the man does not have balls to even face the press once , yet he is projected as Vishwa Guru. This is RSS mindset. There whole sect or cult is build on lies and fabrications and hatred. Imagine those who opposed Indian national flags arte judging who is patriot and who is not.
This is that shameless bunch who welcomes back rapists and garlands them .
If you want to know their latest shamelessness go and check the history of the new BJP CM of Bengal , this man was caught taking bribe on camera , and at that time even This Fakku Modi made fun of him , now this Man is CM. Imagine illiterate people are education ministers , criminals of henious crimes are in legislature making laws.
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Football is just an excuse. The real idea is to riot as they are North Africans. There are chants of Allahu Akbar in one of the posts I posted.
What do you think of the slavery post Mr. Rishwat?
As posted from co religionist,
Just because there are a few terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Indian Mujahideen, Students Islamic Movement of India, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Afghan Taliban, Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Al-Badr, Al-Umar Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Ansarullah Bangla Team, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh, Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Sinai Province, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State East Asia, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Ansar Dine, Katibat Macina, Al-Mourabitoun, Ansar al-Sharia, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, Ansar al-Islam, Ansar al-Sunna, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Khorasan Group, Jund al-Aqsa, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Fatah al-Islam, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islamic Jihad Union, East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Turkistan Islamic Party, Caucasus Emirate, Riyad-us-Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Armed Islamic Group, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Takfir wal-Hijra, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Maute Group, Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, Ansaru, Jundallah, and Jaish ul-Adl,
it doesn't mean Muslims need any reform or introspection.
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By the way @Champ_Pal this thread is much quiter than a Hollywood horror movie.
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Sex slavery exists in India everyday?
Of course it will be. When the worth of a woman is reduced to a sex slave, there is no comeback.
Many on this board think the Indian posters are not aware of the slavery in Islam. They are happy to comment on India and bash it for all its superstitions and discrimination based on birth aka Manusmriti. But the moment we bring the slavery topic, there is no response.
Anyways, this is not to bash Islam or any religion. This is only to show that when throwing stones at other religions, one should be prepared to accept the drawbacks in their own faith.
All religions are man made. Every religion has its own Skeltons in its closet. But some posters threw so much mud on India and its culture that they had to be pulled down from their high horse.
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how is this in the islamophobia thread - you think thr all muslims? i dont believe you put this in the wrong thread
@mods - @BouncerGuy @Ball Blazer @The Bald Eagle
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@Champ cmon, you ran away like a scared indian, cmon be brave, answer my questionsyour bold comment - wheres the proof - that they wont kill them
you indians did break a few UK record - most illegals entered into the UK in a single yr and broke the continious record of illegals entering for around 20yrs in a row
INDIAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST PROBLEM STILL
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yes - india has the wrods biggest red light districtSex slavery exists in India everyday?
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Football is just an excuse. The real idea is to riot as they are North Africans. There are chants of Allahu Akbar in one of the posts I posted.
What do you think of the slavery post Mr. Rishwat?
Football hooliganism is a problem in many European countries these days, it originated from the UK and has nothing to do with Islam so this is a false equivalence.
I didn't take the slavery post seriously since I am more interested in stuff which is relevant in this century, not 1500 years ago.
Prostitution is not sex slavery. Do you even know what sex slavery is?
You are clutching at straws to sends the indefensible.
Thousands of Muslims travel to in and out of India everyday. No one is getting killed unless they are involved in terror activities and the government is after them.
It is for you to prove that they are clean and had no shady past.
What do you mean scared Indian? Dude, your whole charade is falling off like a cheap makeup foundation. I have posted countless videos exposing this Islamophobia narrative. There is a reason Islamophobia exists. It’s your own mullahs and religious leaders that make stupid statements and the usual brainwashed that attack innocents in the west.
Now come on, prove it that they are clean and their life was in danger. Go ahead.
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i have no idea how both fake accounts can tell if thr north africans - condsidering the french argument is that the north africans dont support france in anyhing including sports - why would these people be north african
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@Champ how many times does that video skip - i mean its been cut also he says vienna is 10% muslim but the daft fake account tweet says 20% - was the guy that thick - he didnt even listen to the imam.They are not even subtle about their plans of taking over western civilization. But but Hindutva is the biggest threat to the world Paijaan
@Ball Blazer @The Bald Eagle - please delete his post - videos which are cut and pasted - cant be deemed as proof
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it says and everyone in the video says allegation - how on earth is that deemed as he said itSo the western girls deserved to be raped because they wear shorts
@Ball Blazer @The Bald Eagle - again another fake video posted by the same poster
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are you thick, thr all trafficked you clown ,Prostitution is not sex slavery. Do you even know what sex slavery is?
You are clutching at straws to sends the indefensible.
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Thousands of Muslims travel to in and out of India everyday. No one is getting killed unless they are involved in terror activities and the government is after them.
It is for you to prove that they are clean and had no shady past.
What do you mean scared Indian? Dude, your whole charade is falling off like a cheap makeup foundation. I have posted countless videos exposing this Islamophobia narrative. There is a reason Islamophobia exists. It’s your own mullahs and religious leaders that make stupid statements and the usual brainwashed that attack innocents in the west.
Now come on, prove it that they are clean and their life was in danger. Go ahead.
Bold - its you whos posted it - its you who needs to fact check a fake video you posted which is over 20yrs old
so the UN which states INDIAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR - thr lying now are they ?
Yet in America and most of the west countries - ILLEGAL INDIANS IS THR BIGGEST PROBLEM - just like in US as everyone knows biggest pedo problem is deemd as INDIAN
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‘Naturally scared’: India’s Muslims denied public spaces for Eid prayers
Mosques are asking worshippers to pray in shifts, as authorities issue threats against congregations.
Meerut, India – The mood is barely festive as a group of Muslim men huddle inside a small mosque to discuss the arrangements for Eid al-Adha prayers in Meerut district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state.
Ceiling fans hum above to beat the brutal north Indian heat as nearly 50 worshippers listen to the members of the mosque management committee in Maliyana village, about 80km (50 miles) from New Delhi, the national capital.
The conversation is not about sacrificial animals or charity, but a more pressing issue before them: roads, barricades, police permissions, and where and how exactly they would offer the Eid prayers on Thursday.
“Please don’t gather outside the mosque gates,” instructs a member. “If the mosque fills up, wait for the next prayer shift. Avoid arguments. Avoid videos. Don’t respond to provocations.”
Men in the audience silently nod. Some scroll through WhatsApp groups where local police advisories have already begun circulating, urging Muslims to refrain from public prayers. Others in the audience exchange worried glances.
Maliyana has a history. In May 1987, 72 Muslims were massacred here by a mob of Hindu locals and personnel belonging to the state government’s Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC). After 36 years of hearings, a district court in 2023 acquitted dozens of the accused over insufficient evidence.
But the concerns that prompted the mosque committee and worshippers there to review their Eid plans are more recent.
‘People are naturally scared’
For more than a decade now, right-wing Hindu groups, emboldened by the election of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister in 2014, have been protesting against Muslims offering public prayers on Fridays and festivals, citing traffic and security concerns.These groups, and even politicians from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have disrupted namaz on roads, in parks, or on vacant plots of land. Viral videos showing Muslims praying in open areas have sparked outrage and online campaigns, prompting the authorities, in some cases, to withdraw permissions granted to Muslims to offer namaz prayers at such sites.
Last week, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a prominent far-right Hindu group aligned with the BJP, demanded a complete nationwide ban on namaz on roads, calling the practice a “show of strength” by the community.
But Muslims argue that a crackdown on public prayers ignores a practical reality: many mosques and designated grounds for Eid prayers, called “Eidgahs”, cannot accommodate all the worshippers during mass congregations on Fridays or Eid, especially in densely populated urban areas.
A day before Eid al-Adha, the central question before Muslims is whether they will be allowed to pray peacefully, without attracting scrutiny, confrontation, or public hostility, particularly in BJP-governed Uttar Pradesh, a state almost as populous as neighbouring Pakistan and home to nearly 39 million Muslims, more than the population of Saudi Arabia.
The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, led since 2017 by Yogi Adityanath, a saffron-clad hardline Hindu monk known for his vitriol against Muslims, has intensified crackdowns on Muslim prayers on roads and open spaces.
On May 18, Adityanath said Muslims should offer Eid al-Adha prayers “in shifts”.
“Pyaar se maanenge theek hai, nahi maanenge to doosra tareeqa apnayenge … (If they agree peacefully, that is good; if not, we will adopt another method),” he posted on X.
To the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh, the threat of Adityanath’s “another method” is not unfamiliar.
“Last year, people were booked for praying in open spaces. In some places, homes were demolished and there were even reports of driving licences and passport verifications being cancelled. After seeing all this, people are naturally scared,” a Muslim man in Meerut told Al Jazeera, requesting anonymity since he feared reprisal from the authorities.
Arif Malik, a shopkeeper in Aligarh district, about 130km (80 miles) from New Delhi, said that on Eid al-Adha last year, Muslims in his neighbourhood “offered namaz for barely a few minutes in an open ground, but police chased the worshippers afterwards”.
“This Eid, families are telling people to avoid any crowd,” he told Al Jazeera.
‘Earlier, Eid mornings felt joyful’
Muslims in Uttar Pradesh say the curbs on Eid prayers are creating an atmosphere in which even routine religious gatherings are increasingly treated as security concerns.In several towns across the state, mosque committees are quietly recalibrating Eid arrangements. Some are reducing the size of congregations. Others are asking worshippers to arrive in smaller groups or disperse quickly after prayers. Community volunteers are being assigned to ensure people do not spill onto nearby roads, even briefly.
“For many Muslims, the concern is no longer only about where Eid prayers will be offered, but whether gathering publicly as a religious community is increasingly being viewed with suspicion,” said 42-year-old Mohammad Arif, a mosque committee member in Meerut who has been organising Eid prayers for nearly two decades.
Arif said the mosque committees in several Uttar Pradesh towns have held meetings about crowd management and ways to avoid confrontation with the authorities.
“People are thinking carefully about visibility, movement and even where to place their prayer mats,” he said.
“We are scared of even making a small mistake,” Arshad, a 33-year-old shopkeeper in Meerut who only shared his first name, told Al Jazeera.
“Earlier, Eid mornings felt joyful. Now there is tension from the night before. People keep checking whether police will come or whether someone will record videos and upload them online.”
For many Muslims, the psychological impact of such restrictions and targeting extends beyond the prayer ground.
“There is a fear of humiliation,” Numan Khan, a student at the Aligarh Muslim University, India’s largest minority academic institution, told Al Jazeera.
“Even if nothing happens physically, people are afraid of being filmed, targeted online, or accused of something. Parents tell young people to avoid standing outside mosques because they don’t want trouble.”
That fear has reshaped the community’s behaviour during the festivals in subtle but visible ways.
Mosque committees have begun coordinating directly with local police before Eid to avoid confrontation. Volunteers are being instructed to monitor entry points, prevent crowding, and quickly disperse worshippers after prayers end.
An imam in western Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district described the preparations as “damage control”.
“We spend more time discussing restrictions than discussing Eid itself,” he said. “Avoiding controversy has become our priority.”
Another imam in state capital Lucknow said mass prayers traditionally overflow onto nearby streets for a short duration because of space shortages, not as an act of defiance.
“The prayer lasts a few minutes. Roads are reopened immediately afterwards,” he told Al Jazeera. “This was never treated as a major issue before. Now it is presented as if Muslims are trying to occupy public spaces.”
The anxiety is not confined to Uttar Pradesh alone. Similar orders have been issued in other BJP-governed states, including West Bengal and Delhi.
‘Nobody wants confrontation’
In the Muslim neighbourhoods of Delhi, residents describe a growing sense of caution around visible religious celebrations.Many Muslims interviewed for this story said they now think carefully about where they stand for the prayers, how long they remain outside mosques, and whether gatherings could trigger complaints or online outrage.
Outside the national capital’s iconic Mughal-era Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, traders gearing up for a brisk Eid business said discussions over prayer restrictions have become common in the area’s tea stalls and shops.
“Nobody wants confrontation,” Danish Khan, a 24-year-old garment seller, told Al Jazeera. “People simply want to pray and return home. But now every Eid comes with uncertainty about what new rules might appear.”
Despite the anxiety, preparations for Eid continue.
Markets remain crowded late into the night. Tailors rush to complete pending orders. Children tug at parents for new shoes and sweets. Inside mosques, volunteers clean carpets and arrange water for the hordes of worshippers expected on Eid morning.
But beneath the familiar rhythms of the festival lies an unmistakable unease.
And it is not just about Eid prayers. The ritualistic sacrifice of animals – goats, sheep or cattle – on Eid al-Adha is also being closely watched and heavily regulated, with threats of consequences if animal blood or waste enters public drains or streets.
All this is happening as references to Muslim religious practices dominate television debates and social media hate campaigns, when public demonstrations of Muslim identity are portrayed through the lens of security, legality, or demographic anxiety.
Several Muslims Al Jazeera talked to said a cumulative effect of repeated controversies — over the right to wear the hijab, eat halal food, make azaan calls on loudspeakers, to name a few — has created a lingering sense of vulnerability within the community.
“You start feeling like everything connected to your identity is under question,” Faizan Ali, a software engineer in Noida, a dense suburb on the outskirts of New Delhi, told Al Jazeera. “Even praying becomes something you think twice about.”
Analysts say the controversy surrounding Muslim public prayers reflects a broader transformation in India, where Muslim visibility itself has become a contested terrain.
“When a community begins to fear assembling publicly for prayer during one of its most important religious occasions, it reflects a larger shift in how public space is negotiated and who feels entitled to occupy it,” Nadeem Khan, an activist and researcher on religion and public spaces, told Al Jazeera.
Selective enforcement of rules
While the government frames the restrictive measures around Muslim festivals as necessary for traffic management and public order, it has also not just allowed but also facilitated large Hindu religious processions and celebrations with traffic diversions, police protection and public infrastructural support.Critics, therefore, say the contrast with the crackdown on namaz deepens perception among Muslims of a selective enforcement of rules.
“What people notice is not only the restriction itself, but the unequal application of rules,” a New Delhi-based lawyer told Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity over fears of being targeted by the government.
“The constitution protects religious freedom, subject to public order. But if one community repeatedly experiences tighter scrutiny while others receive accommodation, it raises questions about equality before the law,” he added.
The issue of public sites for Muslim prayers has become particularly sensitive because restrictions have increasingly been accompanied by punitive measures.
Over the past decade, authorities in several BJP-governed states have filed police cases against Muslims accused of offering prayers in open spaces without permission. In some instances, the officials have also carried out demolitions targeting homes or properties allegedly linked to the individuals accused of organising the public prayers.
Critics say such actions are excessive and discriminatory, and have transformed routine acts of worship into matters of criminal enforcement.
“Public space is not just physical space,” said Azhar Ahmad Khan, a New Delhi-based sociologist. “It is also symbolic. The debate over namaz is ultimately about who feels entitled to visibility, legitimacy, and belonging in contemporary India.”
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You are clutching at straws to sends the indefensible.
i wonder why your going to claim that this aint part of the sex slavery industry - but yet every liberal says otherwise
Where does it say that Hinduism encourages marital rape?
Do you know what Islam says about a wife that rejects sex with her husband? I am sure you know it and I do t have to educate you on that.
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Pakistan's embassy in Japan has distanced itself from a mosque project in Kawagoe after Japanese authorities said the building was constructed without the approvals required under local laws.
The mosque, located in Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture, stands on a 4,500-square-metre plot classified as mountain forest land. The site falls within an urbanisation control area, where construction is generally prohibited unless special permission is granted by local authorities.
According to a report by The Asahi Shimbun, property records show the land changed hands in March 2025, moving from a Fujimi-based real estate company to a firm registered at the Kawagoe address.
Kawagoe city officials said the mosque was built without the necessary clearance.
"The building (mosque) was constructed in an urban development control area where construction is generally prohibited unless specific permissions are secured under the City Planning Act," the municipal government said in an official statement. "The building in question was constructed without the city's permission."
The issue has drawn attention because Pakistan's Ambassador to Japan, Abdul Hameed, attended the mosque's inauguration earlier this year.
The Asahi Shimbun reported that Yashio Masjid has long worked with local authorities and residents. The mosque began operating in a converted factory in 2000 and was formally registered as a religious corporation in 2007.
Over the years, it has maintained ties with the local community by sharing information with neighbourhood associations, informing residents before major events such as Eid celebrations and taking part in local clean-up drives.
Shakeel Sheikh Mohammad, a 62-year-old Pakistani who represents Yashio Masjid, criticised the Kawagoe project.
"If they are building a mosque without getting permission, that is not a good thing," he said. "The environment for a mosque can only be established by getting along well with the local people."
Following reports about the construction, Pakistan's embassy issued a statement on X on Monday urging Pakistanis living in Japan to follow local regulations.
"The Embassy of Pakistan earnestly requests and emphasises to the Pakistani community residing in Japan that they fully comply with Japanese laws in all matters, particularly with regard to the construction of places of worship. No construction project may be initiated without obtaining the necessary permits from local governments."
In a separate statement issued on May 31, the embassy said the ambassador had accepted the invitation to attend the inauguration only after organisers assured him that all required approvals had been obtained.
"The Embassy of Pakistan has no connection to any such projects, especially those that do not comply with the laws of local governments. This includes the event held in Kawagoe on April 3, 2026, for which the Ambassador of Pakistan accepted the invitation on the basis of information that all required permits in accordance with Japanese law had been obtained," the statement said.
The embassy also called on community members to cooperate with local authorities and keep residents informed about such projects.
"Information regarding the legal aspects of all such projects should be communicated to all members of the community and to the residents of that area as well. The Embassy of Pakistan urgently requests all relevant members of the community to fully cooperate with Japanese authorities and to comply with Japanese laws in all circumstances, particularly in connection with projects of this nature," it added.
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Pakistan's embassy in Japan has distanced itself from a mosque project in Kawagoe after Japanese authorities said the building was constructed without the approvals required under local laws.
The mosque, located in Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture, stands on a 4,500-square-metre plot classified as mountain forest land. The site falls within an urbanisation control area, where construction is generally prohibited unless special permission is granted by local authorities.
According to a report by The Asahi Shimbun, property records show the land changed hands in March 2025, moving from a Fujimi-based real estate company to a firm registered at the Kawagoe address.
Kawagoe city officials said the mosque was built without the necessary clearance.
"The building (mosque) was constructed in an urban development control area where construction is generally prohibited unless specific permissions are secured under the City Planning Act," the municipal government said in an official statement. "The building in question was constructed without the city's permission."
The issue has drawn attention because Pakistan's Ambassador to Japan, Abdul Hameed, attended the mosque's inauguration earlier this year.
The Asahi Shimbun reported that Yashio Masjid has long worked with local authorities and residents. The mosque began operating in a converted factory in 2000 and was formally registered as a religious corporation in 2007.
Over the years, it has maintained ties with the local community by sharing information with neighbourhood associations, informing residents before major events such as Eid celebrations and taking part in local clean-up drives.
Shakeel Sheikh Mohammad, a 62-year-old Pakistani who represents Yashio Masjid, criticised the Kawagoe project.
"If they are building a mosque without getting permission, that is not a good thing," he said. "The environment for a mosque can only be established by getting along well with the local people."
Following reports about the construction, Pakistan's embassy issued a statement on X on Monday urging Pakistanis living in Japan to follow local regulations.
"The Embassy of Pakistan earnestly requests and emphasises to the Pakistani community residing in Japan that they fully comply with Japanese laws in all matters, particularly with regard to the construction of places of worship. No construction project may be initiated without obtaining the necessary permits from local governments."
In a separate statement issued on May 31, the embassy said the ambassador had accepted the invitation to attend the inauguration only after organisers assured him that all required approvals had been obtained.
"The Embassy of Pakistan has no connection to any such projects, especially those that do not comply with the laws of local governments. This includes the event held in Kawagoe on April 3, 2026, for which the Ambassador of Pakistan accepted the invitation on the basis of information that all required permits in accordance with Japanese law had been obtained," the statement said.
The embassy also called on community members to cooperate with local authorities and keep residents informed about such projects.
"Information regarding the legal aspects of all such projects should be communicated to all members of the community and to the residents of that area as well. The Embassy of Pakistan urgently requests all relevant members of the community to fully cooperate with Japanese authorities and to comply with Japanese laws in all circumstances, particularly in connection with projects of this nature," it added.
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