*IMP. REPORT* Ban on Muharram processions in Kashmir - 17 Dec 2012 - English
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Muharram processions have been banned in Kashmir since the conflict began in the disputed region in 1989. Kashmir is a Muslim...
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Muharram processions have been banned in Kashmir since the conflict began in the disputed region in 1989. Kashmir is a Muslim majority region. However, only at few Shia dominated regions processions have been allowed. On the 8th and 10th of Muharram, streets are blocked and people are asked not to join processions. Whenever processions take place police seize down people by using force that results in casualties and panic. On this week\\\'s INFocus we talk to Muslim scholars and government to find out why India, which claims to be a democracy, does not allow people to exercise their religious right in the region.