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Friday, 6 March 2020

'How can I go back?' Delhi's fearful Muslims mourn riot dead

One week after the Indian capital’s worst religious violence in years, displaced Muslims describe losing everything

As Mohammad Arshad’s body was brought into the courtyard, his lifeless face covered in a white shroud, the wailing began. The 22-year-old house painter, who had been beloved by his six sisters and would always bring them fruit when he finished work, had died a brutal death two days earlier. He had been killed because he was Muslim.

Several of Arshad’s sisters reached out to touch his cold bruised cheeks. “Please wake up, brother,” they cried. “Wake up. Please open your eyes.”

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2IpTWNT

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