One year ago this week, 10 militants arrived from Pakistan by boat in Mumbai, India. They fanned out across the city. They attacked hotels, a train station, and other targets. It took almost three days for the Indian authorities to end the violence – by then,166 people were dead. Mumbai’s Muslim community immediately hunkered down, terrified of a backlash. Fortunately for India’s Muslims and for their country, that backlash never came. Miranda Kennedy’s stories from India were funded by a grant from the International Reporting Project.
In the first part of the series, Miranda Kennedy looks at why not many Indian Muslims have become radicalized.
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 The Taj Mahal Hotel was one of the sites attacked by gunmen |
Although India’s Muslims have largely not been radicalized, the security forces have not refrained from targeting suspected homegrown terrorists.
In the second part of her series, Miranda Kennedy reports on the growing alienation of Mumbai’s Muslims.
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 Hameedia Mosque in Mumbai |
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Miranda Kennedy’s stories from India were funded by a grant from the International Reporting Project.
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