MP: Muslim shopkeepers forced to remove stalls from Indore temple

2022-10-01

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mohammed Saleem
  • Date of Incident 2022-10-01
  • Nature of Violence Institutional discrimination
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Unknown
  • State Madhya Pradesh
  • City/District Indore, Village
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Village
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

As the anti-Muslim sentiment grows in Madhya Pradesh, a few Muslim shopkeepers on Saturday were forced to remove stalls from a Hindu temple premises. The incident occurred at Indore’s Bijasan temple where members of a right-wing group, Hindu Jagaran Manch began checking the IDs of the shopkeepers. Upon coming across a Muslim they forced him to remove his stall. A video shared on Twitter shows the members of the Manch asking the shopkeeper to wind up his belongings and leave. A woman from the group asked the man his name to which he answers “Mohammed Saleem.” Upon noticing him, the group forces Saleem and other Muslim shopkeepers to leave the temple premises.