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OIC says Muslims targeted on Hindu festival, India rejects charge

A policeman walks through a street after violence during Ram Navami festival in Sasaram district of India's Bihar state [AFP]

A prominent Muslim body has denounced the “provocative acts of violence and vandalism” during the Hindu festival of Ram Navami in India, which has accused the organisation of an “anti-India agenda”.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said instances of attacks on Muslims during the nine-day festival were a “vivid manifestation of mounting Islamophobia and systemic targeting of the Muslim community in India”.

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