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Bilal Kuchay

India: Muslim group takes ‘dangerous bulldozer politics’ to court

A protester holds a placard which reads 'Stop bulldozers on Muslim lives and stand against hate crimes' during a protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Saturday [Bilal Kuchay/Al Jazeera]

New Delhi, India – A prominent Muslim organisation has filed a plea in India’s top court, urging its intervention as properties of mainly Muslims accused of violence are bulldozed by the authorities in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the dangerous politics of bulldozers that have been started to destroy minorities especially Muslims under the guise of crime prevention in BJP-ruled states,” the group’s president, Arshad Madani, tweeted on Monday.

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