Amid communal violence, Muslim homes are being bulldozed in India

What happened: Law professor, Khaled Beydoun shared a video of a Muslim woman crying as her house gets bulldozed in India, “Terribly heartbreaking. But this is unfolding everyday, to tens of thousands of Muslims across India. This is the new BJP Policy unfolding in India: bulldozing Muslim homes and businesses. During #Ramadan no less.” Details: Following the riots, Muslims in the BJP-run state of Madhya Pradesh have been disproportionately penalised, increasing suspicions that members of the country’s largest minority religion, Muslims, account for nearly 200 million of India’s 1.3 billion people, are being persecuted. What you need to know: Experts are pointing similar issues in New Delhi, where witnesses told CNN that authorities began demolishing shops and other structures in the predominantly Muslim neighbourhood of Jahangirpuri on Apr 20, just days after violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims erupted following Hanuman Jayanti, the Hindu god Hanuman’s birthday celebration.  Recent: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, a Muslim organisation, has petitioned India’s Supreme Court to intervene in the demolitions, calling them a “violation” of the country’s constitution. District officers “cannot take the law into their own hands and cannot be the adjudicating authority,” according to lawyer and activist Kawalpreet Kaur.