REUTERSMuslims pray during Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday of holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar March 28, 2025. The unrest began in the Murshidabad district, where Muslim protesters set fire to shopping malls, attacked a Hindu home and stabbed two people on Saturday, police said, forcing authorities to suspend internet services in the area. Muslim groups and political parties say the law, like many of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies, aims to alienate and discriminate against Muslims. Modi and officials in his party deny the allegations, and have said the law is a "pro-Muslim reform". Modi's party has accused the Trinamool Congress, its bitter rival which rules West Bengal, of appeasing Muslims in order to win votes.
