India: Internally Displaced Muslims of Western Uttar Pradesh (Ghazala Jamil, in EPW, 20 Dec 2014)

EPW, Vol - XLIX No. 51, December 20, 2014

Internally Displaced Muslims of Western Uttar Pradesh

by Ghazala Jamil

The threats and fear continue for the Muslims affected by the Muzaffarnagar riots in western Uttar Pradesh last year. Added to the pathetic conditions of the camps where they have fled to is the government's unclear defi nitions and non-transparent relief measures. Even as Muslims continue to move out of areas where sustained hate-mongering has made their lives miserable and lose their livelihoods in the process, many of those who have filed police cases fi nd they are welcome back only if they take back their complaints.

Ghazala Jamil (ghazalajamil[at]gmail.com) is Associate Fellow at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi.


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