United in grief and against terrorism: Muslims protest Pahalgam brutal carnage, raise anti-Pakistan slogans

WEARING black armbands, a large number of Muslim community members came out on streets of Madhya Pradesh after Friday prayers to denounce the terror attack at tourist hotspot of Pahalgam in Kashmir and seek stern action against the perpetrators of the massacre.

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Members of the minority community staged protests in Bhopal, Khargone and Harda as they chanted anti-Pakistan slogans, burnt effigies of terrorism and urged the government to take strong diplomatic and military measures against Islamabad in the wake of the carnage.

Heavily armed terrorists struck a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on April 22, killing at least 26 people, mostly holiday-makers from other states, including Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. In Bhopal, protesters held placards with messages like "Hindustan Zindabad" (long live India) and “Pakistan Murdabad" (down with — Pakistan). Muslim demonstrators, including women and children wearing black armbands, shouted slogans against Pakistan and burnt an effigy of terrorism in the state capital.