الهند: استمرار مخاوف المسلمين من التعرض لمزيد من الاضطهاد

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكد التقرير السنوي الصادر عن وزارة الخارجية الأمريكية المتعلق بالحريات الدينية أن المسلمين بولاية "جوجارت" الهندية لا يزالون يخافون التَّعَرُّض لمزيد من الاضطهاد من قِبَل الهندوس، في إطار بطء محاكمة المسؤولين عن مقتل مئات المسلمين وحرق منازلهم وممتلكاتهم وأعمالهم التجارية في أحداث 2002.

وقد أكد التقرير أن الحكومة الأمريكية وبعض المنظمات المدنية غير الحكومية قلقة من فشل الحكومة الهندية في القبض على الجناة ومحاكمتهم؛ مما أدى لتفاقم مخاوف المسلمين الذين لا يزال الآلاف منهم يعيشون في مخيمات اللاجئين خشية التعرُّض لبطش الهندوس عند عودتهم لديارهم. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Muslims still fear persecution in Gujarat: US report

Voicing concern over the slow pace of proceedings in punishing perpetrators of the 2002 Gujarat riots, a US report on international religious freedom has said that Muslims in the state "still fear" persecution.

The report claimed that despite the Congress-led national government's rejection of 'Hindutva', several BJP-ruled states continued to be influenced by the ideology.

The State Department, in the Congressional-mandated annual report on international religious freedom, said it "continued to express concern" to government officials, NGOs and religious leaders over the "slow pace" of bringing the perpetrators of the 2002 violence in Gujarat to justice.

Devoting a considerable portion in the India section of the report to the 2002 Gujarat riots, the State Department said civil society activists continued to express concern about the state government's failure to arrest those responsible for the violence.

"Media reports indicated some Muslims still feared repercussions from Hindu neighbours as they waited for the court cases to be resolved," it said, pointing out that several thousands still lived in refugee camps.

It claimed that several victims have accused the Special Investigation Team (SIT), appointed by the Supreme Court in March 2008, of pressuring them to dilute their testimonies.

"In many of the cases tried in Gujarat's lower courts, the accused were acquitted due to a lack of evidence or changes in the testimony. Three of nine major cases stemming from the 2002 Gujarat riots made partial progress during the year. The Supreme Court asked the SIT to probe these nine cases in March 2008," it pointed out.

"Hundreds of other court cases stemming from the 2002 violence (which were not in the purview of the SIT) remained unsettled," the report said.