India use COVID19 as an opportunity to foment anti Muslim sentiments

India use COVID19 as an opportunity to foment anti Muslim sentiments.

An international research institute has said this.

India use COVID19 as an opportunity to foment anti Muslim sentiments

It said India has used COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to foment anti-Muslim sentiments and implement its colonial policies in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir.

A report by the institute iphoibia.org that studied Islamophobia in India, notes that COVID-19 lockdown has meant an intensification of India’s military operations, advancement of a settler-colonial project and tensions with neighboring Pakistan and China.

The report refers to Muslims in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).

Earlier, Indian army had arrested dozens of Kashmiris in IOJK (occupied Kashmir).

They have arrested over a dozen people including a father and his daughter during the massive military operations, launched in large areas of South Kashmir.

People came out of their houses in several areas to protest against the ongoing military operations and arrests of innocent youth. The troops arrested a father and his daughter in Mendhar area of Poonch.

They also cordoned off Vatnar and Kokarnag areas of Islamabad and conducted house-to-house searches.

Four youth were arrested on charges of pasting pro-freedom posters in Pampore while five were arrested during raids in Pulwama district.

Meanwhile, the vandalizing of a graveyard by a BJP leader triggered protests in Gandarbal district.