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      Why Hindu and Muslim Communities Clashed in UK's Leicester

      Leicester mayor Peter Soulsby said social media disinformation was distorting facts even as members of both communities in the city called for peace.

      By - Sourit Sanyal |
      Published -  19 Sept 2022 6:34 PM IST
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      Why Hindu and Muslim Communities Clashed in UKs Leicester

      The Leicester police in England arrested fifteen people during an operation in the eastern part of the city on Monday amid clashes between the Hindu and Muslim communities in the city. The police made two arrests after chaos was triggered by what the police called unplanned protests on the night of Saturday, September 17 and the morning of Sunday, September 18.

      The city reportedly saw several clashes between the two communities after an India-Pakistan match of the Asia Cup on August 28. The disorder broke out between the Hindu and Muslim communities living in Leicester.

      The police on Monday said that a temporary police cordon had been put in place to curb tensions and ensure the situation did not further escalate.


      An update on our response to the disorder in areas of East Leicester.

      Thank you to everyone who has supported our work to reduce tensions and bring people to justice. pic.twitter.com/8m35WQb6J0

      — Leicestershire Police (@leicspolice) September 18, 2022


      Here's a look at how an India-Pakistan match led to clashes erupting between the two communities.

      Several Incidents Of Clashes

      The Leicester police had arrested a total of 27 people since the India-Pakistan match in the Asia Cup on August 28 after a series of incidents, on seven dates, the BBC reported.

      The temporary chief constable of Leicester police Rob Nixon called for peace and said the incidents could have had very serious consequences. The BBC quoted him as saying, "I continue to ask you, our communities, to work with us and each other as we move into the weekend to help us with reducing concerns and tensions and with keeping our community safe."


      A total of 27 arrests have now been made as part of our policing operation in the East Leicester area.

      High visibility policing patrols continue.

      Read more ➡️ https://t.co/Z7R6WnzVm0

      Watch @DCCLeicsPolice's update 👇 pic.twitter.com/AMOJeaYsOl

      — East Leicester Police (@LPEastLeics) September 16, 2022


      Also Read: Irani Women Are Cutting Their Hair, Burning Hijabs After Woman's Death In Police Custody

      Why Prompted The Clashes?

      India-Pakistan matches tend to trigger rivalries but, the Asia Cup cricket match on August 28 where India won the match by 5 wickets, resulted in clashes between two groups.

      According to a Guardian report, a group of Hindu men had marched through Green Lane Road chanting "Jai Shree Ram". The area has a Hindu temple and several businesses owned by Muslims in the eastern suburb of Leicester.

      Eyewitnesses said that the mobs threw bottles and vandalised property. Twitter user "Majid Freeman" put up a video saying, "Hindu mobs on Belgrave Road throwing glass bottles at the Muslims but narrowly missing police officers heads on numerous occasions.


      Hindu mobs on Belgrave Road throwing glass bottles at the Muslims but narrowly missing police officers heads on numerous occasions. There is NOT a small minority of these Hindutva thugs. Theres hundreds of them. Will the Hindu community leaders continue defending them? #Leicester pic.twitter.com/WzXnY4AWVj

      — Majid Freeman (@Majstar7) September 17, 2022


      Freeman told The Guardian, "They were coming past our mosques, taunting the community and physically beating people up randomly." He said that people from the Muslim community gathered only as a response to the situation.


      Tensions still remained very high in Leicester. The Hindu-Muslim clashes in Britain are a nightmare. This hate must stop and all these monsters must be arrested by Police ruthlessly.

      pic.twitter.com/JFeTkT4Ju1

      — Shama Junejo (@ShamaJunejo) September 18, 2022


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      Did Social Media Disinformation Play A Role?

      Drishti Mae, a member of Leicester's Hindu community blamed the Muslim community, told The Guardian, "It's the Hindu community that's being targeted, a first-generation migrant community. They feel threatened, and attacked."

      Other community leaders asked for members to come together and stop the chaos. Suleman Nagdi, a member of the Federation of Muslim Organisations (based in Leicester) told the BBC, "What we have seen on the streets is very alarming.

      "There have been problems in the community since the India and Pakistan cricket match and while that game often sparks gatherings they have not in the past turned this ugly. We need calm - the disorder has to stop and it has to stop now," Nagdi added.

      Sanjiv Patel, a representative of Hindu and Jain temples in Leicester expressed his sadness about the disturbances that broke out on Saturday. Patel said, that the communities had lived in the same area in harmony for years and called for peace, "Across the Hindu and Jain community and with our Muslim brothers and sisters and leaders we are consistently saying 'calm minds, calm heads'."

      He also called on people to not believe in social media disinformation.

      The same message was reiterated by Claudia Webbe, the MP from Leicester. She said on Twitter, "I implore everyone to go home. We can strengthen our dialogue to repair community relations. Your family will be worried for your safety, please accept the advice of the police who are trying to defuse and are calling for calm."


      Dear Leicester,

      This is a time for cool heads.

      I implore everyone to go home. We can strengthen our dialogue to repair community relations.

      Your family will be worried for your safety, please accept the advice of the police who are trying to defuse and are calling for calm.

      — Claudia Webbe MP (@ClaudiaWebbe) September 17, 2022


      Peter Soulsby, the mayor of Leicester, said that the tensions were triggered by social media disinformation. The Guardian reported that he told BBC's Radio 4 Today programme, "I've seen quite a selection of the social media stuff which is very, very, very distorting now and some of it just completely lying about what had been happening between different communities."

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