“How Muslim Immigrants From Bihar Have Triggered Communal Tensions In Nepal’s Dharan”, Swarajyamag, August 29, 2023:
“Late last week, a video of some Muslim youths feasting on beef and asserting that slaughtering cows is their religious and cultural right went viral in Sunsari district of southeastern Nepal bordering India.
The video caused outrage in the Himalayan nation, where cow slaughter is banned. And it evoked largescale protests from Hindus who have planned a series of protests to demand the arrest of the Muslim youths and stronger enforcement of the beef ban in the country.
A number of residents of Dharan, a prominent city in Sunsari that lies across the border from Araria district of Bihar, told Swarajya over phone that the Muslim youths on the video are suspected to be recent immigrants from Bihar…..”
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