The Muslims in India's state of Assam in the country's north-eastern part is the second largest Muslim population after Jammu and Kashmir of the same country. Recent communal riots in Assam's some of the districts have left everyone shell-shocked. Lakhs of Muslims have been turned into refugees in a few days. Many, many have been killed. The reason explained by the Bodo ethnics of the same place, for targetting the Muslims in Assam have been shallow. The administration and the government has done nothing significant to control this one-way attack upon these simple and helpless Indian Muslims.
Cleansing Muslims from India’s Assam
Once if your any family member is unnaturally slaughtered or shot, your life is changed forever. If your house is burnt or poundered to pieces and you have to start living inside smelly, flying tents in relief camps under the unpredictable summer sky, for unknown period of time, your life is just changed forever. And if you belong to the poor section of society and such things takes place, then you become the poorer or poorest. Our Muslim brothers and sisters in Kokrajhar / Bodoland in Assam are going through this phase. (Media says that the violence has been brought under control. The violence later spread to Kokrajhar’s neighbourhood in Dhubri, Baksa, Chirang Nagaon and other districts). But it was not less than the surprising drone attack, from the vicinity. Its not less than the American-Jewish plan. Their crime is that the Muslims have outnumbered the Bodo ethnics in the latter’s homeland. So the latter have begun the cleansing process. The hidden, core reason behind this cleansing of Muslims targeted is that the Muslims there are mostly said to be of recent migrants from Bangladesh. Why are they targeted? Is not migration an age-old social phenomenon! Have no one from our family-members or kins (Muslims / non-Muslims) ever migrated and settled in other places for life and living? Is it not a natural expectation from all societies all over the world from time immemorial? Don’t non-Muslims from India and other parts of the world go to the rich middle-east’s best cities to become richer faster? Are they not using the resources of the lands of the Muslim Arabs from many, many years and still now? Don’t non-Muslims send Muslim money to their family members in India? Have we ever witnessed such cleansing by the Arabs? And they call Muslims terrorists, intolerant and violent community!! How and who will describe them! It is the repetition of Nellie where the tiny place in Assam was burnt to ashes by the tutored miscreants with the help of the police. A handful few who could run out with disturbing stories telling how their daughters were gang-raped in front of their eyes! Our parents have witnessed their tears. Nellie was said to be a Muslim area and of consisting of poor, struggling, helpless migrants from Bangladesh. Nellie was planned to scare, send a warning bell to the upcoming migrants and stop further Muslims from crossing the border. The Indira Gandhi regime is said to have been aware of Nellie beforehand. Today Nellie has been fully lost to oblivion. But now Kokrajhar has become 100 Nellies. This is the second Muslim mass cleansing for the same migration-reason. Hundreds have been killed and more than 2 lakhs have become homeless in Kokrajhar. More than 200 hundred camps have come up there. Imagine what took place there in just less than a week! The daily gazettes inside Assam or India are again and again putting forward the exact numbers of population distribution of Assam’s Kokrajhar. It is good if their intention is just to report the readers about who lives where and what is their strength. But if the hidden motive is to justify that since the ‘others’ of Bodoland / Kokrajhar have exceeded the Bodos and so the killings or riots is justified then should we not ponder that the media is also involved in this massacre plan? Also the media is hedging, saying the ‘others’ as only ‘others’. The ‘others’ here are stated as the Bengali Muslims and the Hindus of Kokrajhar? But the killing that took place is of the Muslim majority. That is why the Muslims in other parts seem to have gone crazy to send aid to their brethren in this solemn month of 2012’s Ramadan. Other communities do not seem as restless as us and as alert about the future as us. The leader of the saffron parties and opposition leader, L. K. Advani says that it is the work of the foreign hands. This is most expected and spontaneous statement whenever there is Hindu-Muslim riots in India. Lets wonder how does he acquire this ‘foreign hands’ news so soon. Do some separate intelligence agents work for him? Are people fools that whatever he screams shall be believed? Was Narendra Modi’s riots in Gujarat foreign-planned too? Advani says that it should not be seen as Hindus vs. Muslims. Addressing a conference in aftermath the riots, Guwahati (Assam’s capital) he says that it should be seen as Indian vs. Foreign. Should we read it as that the Hindus are the Indians and the Foreigners are the Muslims? The rule of the divide and rule policy of the communal saffron parties continues? Does Advani not know the definition of ‘terrorism’ has been largely changing? The Al-Qaeda is a fictive creation of the USA. The truth is there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But, there is propaganda complain to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive TV watchers to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is US. - Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook Inter-Services Intelligence. The twin towers demolition or 9/11 attack was done by the US itself as found out by their own intellectual record-keepers. There has been no technology yet made where from passengers could call their family members from millions of heights above! Fake identity cards of the Muslim hijackers have been found in the debris of the twin towers. There have not been found any such youth of same name, neither their families could be ever traced out. Does Advani not read this? Or does he assume that the Muslims are deaf, dumb, blind, and brainless? Or he has gone crazy for not becoming the Prime Minister yet? ... By Allah’s mercy, lakhs of money and trucks filled with old clothes by other Muslims and non-Muslims too, from all over Assam (and must be from other parts of the country too) are reaching them. But can all these make their lives same again? And for how long will they receive so? It may take them generations to recover. Or may be never! The scars remain. The heart changes forever. Their lives are just changed forever. They have entered into the chain of pains of all forms.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main topic of the text "Cleansing Muslims from India’s Assam"?
The text discusses the violence and displacement experienced by Muslims in the Kokrajhar/Bodoland region of Assam, India, focusing on the communal riots and the alleged ethnic cleansing of Muslims due to migration concerns.
What are the primary reasons cited for the violence against Muslims in Assam?
The text attributes the violence primarily to the perceived increasing number of Muslim migrants from Bangladesh in the Bodo ethnic community's homeland. It also suggests underlying political motivations and historical tensions, drawing parallels with the Nellie massacre.
What is the Nellie massacre mentioned in the text?
The Nellie massacre refers to a past incident in Assam where Muslims, reportedly poor migrants from Bangladesh, were killed, allegedly with the knowledge of the Indira Gandhi regime. The text uses it as a historical precedent to contextualize the Kokrajhar violence.
How many people were reportedly affected by the Kokrajhar violence?
The text states that hundreds were killed and over 200,000 people were displaced in Kokrajhar, leading to the establishment of more than 200 relief camps.
What role does the media play, according to the text?
The text raises concerns about the media's portrayal of the population distribution in Kokrajhar, suggesting that it could be used to justify the violence against Muslims. It also criticizes the media's use of the term "others" to refer to the affected communities.
What is the significance of L. K. Advani's comments in the context of the Assam riots?
The text critiques L. K. Advani's assertion that "foreign hands" are responsible for the riots, interpreting it as a common trope used in Hindu-Muslim conflicts in India. It questions the motives behind his statement and suggests that it perpetuates a divide-and-rule policy.
What is the text's perspective on the Al-Qaeda and terrorism?
The text presents a conspiratorial view on terrorism, quoting former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook to suggest that Al-Qaeda is a US fabrication used to justify international intervention. It also questions the official narrative of the 9/11 attacks.
What is the response to the crisis by other Muslims and the overall impact?
The text notes the outpouring of aid from Muslims (and non-Muslims) across Assam, but emphasizes that material assistance cannot undo the trauma and long-term consequences of the violence. The text ends on a somber note, highlighting the lasting scars and changed lives of those affected.
What is the context of Bodoland and its relationship to Kokrajhar?
Bodoland is described as an autonomous tribal belt within Kokrajhar, Assam. The Bodo ethnic community has historically sought separation, and the text indicates tensions between them and the Muslim population.
What are the claims regarding Bangladeshi Muslim infiltration and their validity according to the document?
The text mentions claims by Hindu nationalist parties that thousands of Muslims infiltrate India from Bangladesh daily. However, it challenges the validity of these claims, presenting counter-arguments and highlighting the continued high population density of Bangladesh.
- Citation du texte
- Mumtaz Mazumdar (Auteur), 2012, Cleansing Muslims in India, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/200561
