Justice For All Alarmed at Mosque Demolitions in India, Calls on Indian Intelligentsia to Reject Hate Politics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington DC, (June 17, 2026) Justice For All is alarmed at the acceleration of mosque demolitions in India. Over a 5 day period, three mosques have been demolished under various pretenses. These demolitions include two mosques in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, viz. Masjid Mustafa Qadri in Sambhal and the Shaheed Azgaib Mosque in Varanasi, and the Noorani Mosque in Jaipur, Rajasthan. In the case of the Shaheed Azgaib mosque in Varanasi, it had been operating for the last 200 years without any complaints of alleged encroachments on other properties. The authorities do not apply the same standards in dealing with mosques and temples: many Hindu temples have been built on roads, sidewalks, public parks and are later developed into larger structures. They are not demolished. Both of these states, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is the party of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. In a predictable pattern,...