The gruesome killing of a Hindu tailor, who was allegedly killed by two Muslim men, has shocked India and heightened religious tensions. Critics say, under PM Modi, the conflict between Hindus and Muslims has taken a violent turn toward “us versus them.”
, leading Modi and the BJP to distance themselves from the officials.
After the killing, authorities quickly imposed a round-the-clock curfew across Rajasthan, which with 69 million people has a population almost as big as that of Britain. They also suspended internet services in an effort to stem the spread of the videos, fearing they could further stoke tensions.The killing has been widely condemned by India’s Muslim leaders, who say it violated the tenets of Islam.
Modi and his party have not commented in the past when Muslims were killed in communal violence. But after Kanhaiya Lal’s killing, they criticized the government of Rajasthan, which is controlled by the opposition Congress party, saying it was on the way to becoming “a Talibani state.” Mohammad Salman, 26, who runs a scrap parts shop outside the mosque, said that since the attack the neighborhood is living in fear of retaliation from Hindu nationalists. As soon as he heard about Kanhaiya Lal’s death, he rushed to the house he was renting in a Hindu-dominated area, and left with his mother, wife and daughter for good.
Many in Khanjipeer, which is named after a renowned Islamic scholar and saint, condemned the tailor’s killing and expressed shock over Mohammad’s arrest. Unlike Akhtari, who came from a village almost 100 miles away, Mohammad grew up in Khanjipeer. “Hindus have been convinced that it is their duty to ‘reform’ Muslims into ‘ideal citizens,’” he said. “Hence, the BJP and its actions are seen as reformative.”
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