Muslim and non-Muslim tension in India - in pictures

  • Nupur Sharma in New Delhi in 2015. Getty Images
    Nupur Sharma in New Delhi in 2015. Getty Images
  • Kashmiri Muslims wave their hand towards Hajj pilgrims as they leave for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. The first batch of Hajj pilgrims of 2022 Hajj are leaving for Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj pilgrimage. It is after 2 years that the annual Hajj pilgrimage is taking place. The Hajj pilgrimage remained suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. EPA
    Kashmiri Muslims wave their hand towards Hajj pilgrims as they leave for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. The first batch of Hajj pilgrims of 2022 Hajj are leaving for Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj pilgrimage. It is after 2 years that the annual Hajj pilgrimage is taking place. The Hajj pilgrimage remained suspended in 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. EPA
  • Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. Two non-Muslims were killed in two separate incidents by suspected militants in Indian Kashmir. A bank manager from Rajasthan was shot in Areh Mohanpora area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district, and a migrant labourer was killed and another injured in Chanoora area of Budgam districts on 02 June 2022. Four non-Muslims were killed since 12 May 2022. Traumatized by one after another targeted killings at the hands of suspected militants, hundreds of migrant Hindu employees in India-administered Kashmir have fled in the last few days to Jammu and other parts of India and these migrant Hindus, locally called Pandits, are among 76319 families which migrated to "a safer place" in 1989-90. EPA
    Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. Two non-Muslims were killed in two separate incidents by suspected militants in Indian Kashmir. A bank manager from Rajasthan was shot in Areh Mohanpora area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district, and a migrant labourer was killed and another injured in Chanoora area of Budgam districts on 02 June 2022. Four non-Muslims were killed since 12 May 2022. Traumatized by one after another targeted killings at the hands of suspected militants, hundreds of migrant Hindu employees in India-administered Kashmir have fled in the last few days to Jammu and other parts of India and these migrant Hindus, locally called Pandits, are among 76319 families which migrated to "a safer place" in 1989-90. EPA
  • Muslim activists hold placards during a protest against the recent targeted killings in Indian-administered Kashmir, in Mumbai. AFP
    Muslim activists hold placards during a protest against the recent targeted killings in Indian-administered Kashmir, in Mumbai. AFP
  • Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India. The 17th-century mosque in Varanasi, Hinduism's holiest city, has emerged as the latest flashpoint between Hindus and Muslims. A court case will decide whether the site would be given to Hindus, who claim it was built on a temple destroyed on the orders of Aurangzeb. AP Photo
    Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India. The 17th-century mosque in Varanasi, Hinduism's holiest city, has emerged as the latest flashpoint between Hindus and Muslims. A court case will decide whether the site would be given to Hindus, who claim it was built on a temple destroyed on the orders of Aurangzeb. AP Photo
  • Supporters of United Muslim Forum shout slogans during a protest against sentencing for convicted pro-independence Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik, in Karachi, Pakistan. A court in New Delhi sentenced pro-independence Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik for life imprisonment in a terror funding case. EPA
    Supporters of United Muslim Forum shout slogans during a protest against sentencing for convicted pro-independence Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik, in Karachi, Pakistan. A court in New Delhi sentenced pro-independence Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik for life imprisonment in a terror funding case. EPA
  • Muslim faithfuls attend Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Jama Masjid Mosque in Delhi, India. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the three days festival marking the end of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in the Islamic calendar. EPA
    Muslim faithfuls attend Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Jama Masjid Mosque in Delhi, India. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the three days festival marking the end of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in the Islamic calendar. EPA
  • A Muslim woman with a child leaves after offering prayers during Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Reuters
    A Muslim woman with a child leaves after offering prayers during Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Reuters