Independent Report
ISLAMABAD — All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Convener Ghulam Muhammad Safi has said that the demolition of the historic Babri Mosque on 6 December 1992 remains a defining reminder of India’s descent into state-backed majoritarian extremism, marking what he described as “one of the darkest days in India’s history.”
In a statement issued on the 33rd anniversary of the mosque’s destruction, Safi said the demolition was not an act of an uncontrolled mob, but a carefully coordinated operation led by BJP and RSS leadership, aimed at reshaping India’s political landscape along hardline religious lines.
Safi said the “heart-wrenching scenes of 1992” continue to live in the collective memory of Muslims worldwide, underscoring the persistent insecurity, discrimination, and coercion faced by religious minorities in India. He criticised the 2019 Indian Supreme Court verdict that handed the Babri Mosque site to Hindu groups, calling it a clear deviation from justice and evidence that the judiciary, too, had succumbed to the influence of Hindutva ideology.
The APHC convener said the demolition represented a broader agenda to erase Muslim heritage across India — an agenda he said is now visible in the BJP government’s open targeting of hundreds of mosques for conversion into temples.
He expressed deep concern over what he termed the replication of the same extremist policy in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, citing the sealing of mosques, restrictions on Friday prayers, confiscation of loudspeakers, and raids on places of worship. These actions, he said, amount to grave violations of religious freedom and international human rights law.
Safi warned that the Modi government’s “fascist trajectory,” suppression of minority rights, and hate-driven politics were steering India toward a dangerous path that global experts fear could lead to ethnic cleansing. He urged the international community, the UN, OIC, and human rights organisations to take immediate notice of the systematic repression of Muslims in India and the desecration of mosques in Kashmir.
He concluded that the Babri Mosque remains a powerful symbol of resistance and the struggle for justice, adding that the Hurriyat Conference will continue its advocacy for self-determination and religious freedom, and calls on global institutions to assume their responsibility in this cause.
