“That this recent burst of anti-Muslim violence comes during Trump’s visit to India is only proof of not only Trump’s own legitimizing power of violence against Muslims but also the Pavlovian fascist reactionism in India to a fascist like Trump.”
By Common Dreams. Published 2-25-2020
forAs President Donald Trump left India Tuesday after a state visit to the world’s largest democracy that saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing government signing a $3 billion arms deal with the U.S., attacks on Muslims in New Delhi that coincided with the trip killed at least 13 people in the worst violence in the city in at least two decades.
“Muslim friends in Delhi are contemplating leaving the city, some are already leaving for fear of riots spreading across Delhi,” tweeted journalist Rana Ayyub. Continue reading