1. Police and eyewitnesses said the fire was started by angry Muslim vendors at the train station in Godhra, south of Ahmadabad, the commercial capital of Gujarat state. 2. A Muslim vendor was stabbed to death on Sunday while followers of both faiths pelted stones at each other. 3. Bhargava said the Hindu activists often refused to pay for food taken from Muslim vendors at train stations, and brandished sticks as they shouted slogans. 4. Dioulas gave a different account, saying ruling party supporters from the Bete population attacked Muslim vendors at a nearby market. 5. From bookstores to Muslim vendors to mosques to women on the streets wearing veils, the Islamic presence in black urban communities across the nation is growing. 6. Police had earlier identified the dead man as a Muslim vendor, but said Monday they were wrong. 7. Police said a Muslim vendor was stabbed to death and followers of both faiths threw rocks at each other in Aligarh. |