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Fears of pogroms in India as Muslims blamed for Covid-19 outbreak
Police and government officers applaud Kashmiri medical students who have completed their quarantine period after returning from Bangladesh, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir
Fears have been raised over a return to faith-based pogroms in India after a rise in Islamophobic rhetoric seeking to blame the coronavirus outbreak on Muslims.
More than 300 cases of Covid-19 have been linked to a recent week-long Islamic gathering in Delhi, which attracted thousands from India and overseas, and officials are trying to contact attendees and their secondary contacts.
But the news has led to fears of a repeat of the communal violence seen in recent months following the introduction of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.
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