India’s Muslim Plight:Muezzin assaulted by police in Uttar Pradesh after Fajr call to prayer
Lucknow: In a stark example of systemic anti-Muslim bias, a muezzin (prayer caller) was brutally beaten and verbally abused by police immediately after delivering the Fajr (dawn) adhan (Islamic call to prayer) at a mosque in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh state.
According to media reports, CCTV footage shows Sub-Inspector Vinod Chaudhary aggressively pushing and striking Muhammad Irfan, the muezzin of Medina Masjid in Muzaffarnagar’s Sarwat locality, moments after he stepped outside to place the donation box.
Irfan, in a media interview, said that the officer attacked him without provocation, falsely claiming the adhan was “illegal” despite the mosque possessing valid written permission from the district administration.
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