“Read about the 1895 Dhulia attack by Islamists on Ganesh Visarjan after Lokmanya Tilak mobilised Hindus to celebrate Ganesh festival against Muslim aggression”, Opindia, September 13, 2024:
“This year, the Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi was marred by multiple attacks on Ganesh Puja pandals across the country by Muslim mobs. OpIndia documented several such incidents wherein Muslim mobs including minors pelted stones on Ganpati pandals, Ganesh idols and Hindus celebrating their festival.
In Gujarat’s Surat, two Muslim women Rubyna Pathan and Laima Sheikh were arrested for inciting their children to attack and break Ganesh idols. In another incident in Surat, some Muslim minors pelted stones at a Ganeshutsav pandal in the Lal Gate area’s Variyali Bazaar. In the Kutch district, Muslims attacked Hindu youths carrying an idol of Bhagwan Ganesh.
On 7th September, miscreants pelted stones at a Bhagwan Ganesh idol in Mochipura of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh. In Karnataka’s Nagamangala, riots erupted after a Muslim mob pelted stones at the Ganpati Visarjan procession merely because the Hindus celebrating were dancing in front of the Dargah for a few minutes……”
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