Muslim mob forces school girls to to chant ‘Islam Zindabad’, assaults and molests them when they refuse

Case ID : ac55de9 | Location : Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India | Date of Incident : Thu, 23 November, 2023

Case ID : ac55de9

Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India

23 November, 2023

Muslim mob forces school girls to to chant ‘Islam Zindabad’, assaults and molests them when they refuse

Attack not resulting in death

Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

In Ramgarh, Jharkhand, girls returning home from school were confronted by Muslim youths who demanded they chant 'Islam Zindabad'. Upon refusal, the youths attacked them with sticks, leaving around 24 individuals injured, including the girls and boys who came to their aid. The incident occurred on November 24th, near RB High School, Sandi, in Chitarpur. The injured were treated at Ramgadh Civil Hospital, and a complaint was filed at the Rajrappa police station against Mohammed Farhan, Mohammed Rehan, Mohammed Javed, Mohammed Danish, Mohammed Arshad, Mohammed Zishan, Mohammed Abuzar, Mohammed Sahil and other unidentified individuals. The incident took place in the RB High School, Sandi at Chitarpur in the Ramgadh district of Jharkhand. The accused Muslim youths barged into the school at RB High School Sandi in Chittarpur in Ramgarh district and molested female students. When these girls and other boys in the school resisted this, they were brutally beaten by the accused. Two dozen of them were injured in this attack. The students in the school also said that the Muslim attackers forced the victims to chant the slogan ‘Islam Zindabad’ and threatened that if they did not do so, they would not allow anyone to attend the school.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

In several cases, Hindus are attacked merely for their Hindu identity without any perceived provocation. A classic example of this category of religiously motivated hate crime is a murder in 2016. 7 ISIS terrorists were convicted for shooting a school principal in Kanpur because they got ‘triggered’ seeing the Kalava on his wrist and tilak that he had put. In this, the Hindu victim had offered no provocation except for his Hindu religious identity. The motivation for the murder was purely religious, driven by religious supremacy. Such cases where Hindus are targeted merely for their religious identity would be documented as a hate crime under this category. In this case, Hindu girls were singled out and targeted by Muslim perpetrators who barged into a school. They forced the victims to chant 'Islam Zindabad' slogans, barring which they faced threats and intimidation. Forcing someone to chant a slogan that goes against their religious beliefs is an act of intimidation and coercion. It aims to humiliate and degrade the person based on their religious identity and is considered a hate crime.