Who do we call when the Police murders? Fear grows as the Indian Muslim community is under constant attack.
The Polis Project leadership reflects on the attack on Afreen Fatima’s family and the Indian Muslim community at large.
The photograph used is courtesy of Shahid Tantray and The Caravan Magazine.
On Friday 10 June 2022, the Muslim community across India took to the streets in large numbers to demand action against Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal – respectively, the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and the former head of the Delhi BJP’s media unit – for their derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad. While both party leaders were characterized as “fringe elements” and suspended from the BJP, no legal action was taken against them. Sharma’s insults are not new: BJP members, including Prime Minister Modi, have often targeted, vilified, spread disinformation and used hate speech to unleash violence against the Muslim community. As protests grew in intensity, especially in Northern India, so did the response of the Police that intervened against protestors using disproportionate and unjustified violence. Some public demonstrations were dispersed with lathi charges; in Ranchi, however, what authorities defined as “mob control” ended with two youth, 14-year-old Mudasir…
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