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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Arbab Ali

Muslims in fear in India’s Gurugram after attacks on mosque, businesses

A Hindu mob burned a Muslim shop while leaving a Hindu shop untouched during communal violence in Haryana's Sohna town [Md Meharban/Al Jazeera]

Gurugram, India – The Anjuman Jama mosque in Gurugram’s Sector 57 is deserted. About 10 police officers stand in front of the concrete structure, which used to host up to 450 worshippers but is now a mound of debris and ashes.

The mosque – one of the few places for Muslim worship in Gurugram, a predominantly Hindu city next to India’s capital, New Delhi – came under attack on the night of July 31, allegedly by a Hindu far-right mob.

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