As Muslims benefited from the economic reforms of the 1990s and spread their influence from business to politics, they first became objects of envy and then targets of hate. In communal riots, like those in Muzaffarnagar and Atali, it is hard-won Muslim businesses and wealth that are the worst casualties.
 | >The politics of economic embargoIn communal riots, like those in Muzaffarnagar and Atali, it is hard-won Muslim businesses and wealth that are the worst casualties. > Read More... |
>Strangers in their own landThe Qureshis of Muzaffarnagar became wealthy mainly through meat export, and subsequently joined politics to protect their businesses. > Read More... | |
| >From wealth to worry: a prosperous family’s plightThe Muslim family that is repeatedly targeted in Atali lives in constant fear of being attacked. > Read More... |
