In India’s revenge Narendra Modi, Prime Minister and former leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), when the steam engine of anti-Muslim repression set in motion his bulldozer, instead demolished a historic mosque, 500 years old, and erased the map of one of the jewels of Islamic heritage.
On January 9th, at the sight of the unbearable destruction of the Shahi mosque, which was founded in the 16th century by Chir Shah Suri, governor of Afghanistan in the city of Allahabad, Add to that the cynicism of the reason given, undaunted, by the Uttar Pradesh State authorities to legitimize their disgraceful act: to widen the road! False excuses that deceive no one…
Ashok Swain, former president of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), shared a shocking image showing a bulldozer at work on his Twitter account, in a sign of his deepest anger. . Last January 9, the Muslim holy pen, which had endured for centuries, was destroyed under the machinery of Hindu ultra-nationalism.
Historic mosque is being bulldozed in UP, India, to widen the road! pic.twitter.com/IsUWunoIJy
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) January 15, 2023
Journalist and anti-Islamophobic activist CJ Werleman also posted the video, confirming that the mosque was demolished by the Hindutva regime under the guise of widening the road.
Historical mosques were demolished by the Hindutva regime in Uttar Pradesh, under the pretext of “road widening”. #India pic.twitter.com/dCXcnVCbst
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) January 15, 2023
