Mosque, madrasa attacked with stones during Hindu procession in Karnataka
Muslims demand immediate action against those responsible
Bengaluru : In yet another instance of anti-Muslim hostility, a mosque and an Islamic seminary were attacked with stones as a Hindu religious procession passed through a town in southern Indian state of Karnataka.
According to Kashmir Media Service, in the latest case, stones were hurled at Ismail Sunni Jamiya Mosque and Tajus-Sunna Arabic Madrasa in Bhatkal town as a procession carrying an idol of Hindu deity Ganesh for immersion moved along Gulmi Railway Station Road. Two windowpanes were damaged.
Local Muslim resident Abdul Alim filed a complaint with Bhatkal Town Police Station, demanding action against those responsible. Muslims later gathered outside the station and demanded immediate arrests.
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The attack comes amid a broader pattern of communal tension associated with Hindu religious processions in India, particularly when they pass through Muslim neighborhoods or near mosques.
Human Rights Watch has previously documented Hindu festival processions in several Indian states in which participants carried weapons, shouted anti-Muslim slogans or attacked Muslim homes, businesses and religious sites.
Bhatkal has previously witnessed inflammatory rhetoric targeting Muslim religious sites. In 2024, police registered a case against then-BJP lawmaker Anantkumar Hegde after he reportedly said Chinnada Palli mosque in Bhatkal would be demolished like Babri Mosque, which was destroyed by a Hindu extremist mob in 1992.
