Anti-Muslim riots in India: Canada stop its citizens from travelling to India

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TORONTO: Canada has instructed its citizens to refrain from moving to India due to widespread Anti-Muslim riots in India.

Canada has issued travel sanctions orders for its citizens in view of India’s recent situation and the Anti-Muslim riots.

According to a Canadian government-issued order, Canadian citizens should avoid travelling to India, especially taking precautions in travelling to Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur.

Related: UN expresses concern over Anti-Muslim riots in Delhi

Though protests against controversial citizenship law in India have been going on since December 2019, religious riots erupted in New Delhi’s capital New Delhi on February 24 during US President Donald Trump’s first Indian visit last week.

UN expresses concern over Anti-Muslim riots in Delhi

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over India’s situation.

US Democrat leader Bernie Sanders has also condemned violent acts against minorities in India.

Trump’s actions on human rights violations in India are a failure of leadership on human rights, Bernie Sanders wrote in his Twitter account.

Over 200 million Muslims call India home. Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more. Trump responds by saying, "That's up to India." This is a failure of leadership on human rights.https://t.co/tUX713Bz9Y — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 26, 2020

US Senator Mark Warner says recent violence in New Delhi is not satisfactory, Indian authorities should stop violent actions against power.

Tayyip Erdogan condemns Indian Govt

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the ‘massacre of Muslims’ in riots in the Indian capital, New Delhi, saying that India has become a country where Muslim massacres are taking place.

Speaking in media in Ankara, he said, “India has become a country where Muslim massacre is rampant, and Hindus are doing these massacre.”

“How these people will make world peace possible”, Tayyip questioned.

It is clear that tensions are on the rise in the Indian capital where thousands of police and paramilitary personnel are patrolling the streets and trying to prevent the ongoing violence that has killed 42 people and most of them were Muslims.

Hindu-Muslim riots are taking place in the northeast of Delhi, where at least three mosques and countless shops have been set ablaze.

It should be noted that the 20 million Muslims of India are concerned that the registration of citizens under new citizenship law will cancel their citizenship and send them to concentration camps.

According to Muslims and critics, the RSS-affiliated Narendra Modi extremist party wants to make secular India a Hindu nation.