International   

U.K. Muslims' appeal to Advani

By Hasan Suroor

LONDON JULY 10. The Council of Indian Muslims (U.K.) has protested what they called ``continuing harassment'' of Muslims in Gujarat, and ``intimidation'' of key eyewitnesses in the Best Bakery case.

In a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, the Council chairman, Munaf Zeena, said Mr. Advani's conciliatory remarks during his recent visits to the U.K. had been widely welcomed and raised hopes that this would ease the pressure on the Muslim community in Gujarat.

But the ``intimidation'' of the bakery case eyewitnesses, and the acquittal of all the 21 accused showed that things had not changed.

Mr. Zeena complained that the ``vast majority'' of those arrested in Gujarat in connection with last year's violence were Muslims.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

International

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Stories in this Section

• AIDS: Bush promises help
• Defying regime, thousands mark riots anniversary
• Terror attacks prompted war: Rumsfeld
• Bomb attack foiled in Moscow
• U.K. Muslims' appeal to Advani
• `N. Korea ready to discuss nuclear issue'
• Colombo to send fresh proposals to LTTE
• Stability paramount: Beijing
• Further dent in Italian-German ties?
• Bali blasts Osama-inspired, court told
• Indian scholars on U.K.'s `vetting' list
• New shelter for reactor
• 21 die as bus falls off bridge
• Embryonic human heart
• `Israel will help India fight terrorism'

Copyright © 2003, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu