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Indian American Muslims mourn Gujarat victims, demand justice
Sunday February 26, 2012 09:20:07 AM,
Special Correspondent
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Washington:
On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the horrible genocide of
Muslims in Gujarat in February 2002, the Association of Indian
Muslims of America, an NGO of Indian-American
Muslims has lamented the prolonged delay in the Indian
government's action against the perpetrators of the horrible
crime.
"In these ten years the mainstream media, a large number of
NGOs and the Supreme Court in India have often stated that plenty
of testimonies including eye-witness accounts from a variety of
citizens in Gujarat support the often stated fact that the then
government of the state of Gujarat and chief minister Narendra Modi
were responsible for that murderous mayhem", Kaleem Kawaja of
Association of Indian Muslims of America said in a statement.
"Yet for ten long years the Indian government has refused to
institute either an official government enquiry or legal
proceedings against the known culprits", he said.
Stating that
Gujarat is a state from where many illustrious advocates of
justice and non-violence including Mahatma Gandhi have risen and
have preached the message of peace, he said, "Yet in the same state the
above mentioned mass crime occurred in which over two thousand
innocent Muslims were killed and the houses of about 100,000
Muslims were destroyed, rendering them homeless."
"The above mentioned genocide against Muslims of Gujarat is a
dirty stain on the face of secular and democratic India. Today we
Indian Muslims who live in North America mourn the hapless victims
of that gory violence and once again appeal to the President and
Prime Minister of India to institute legal action against the
criminals and bring them to justice", he said.
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