‎Srinagar, (Unib Rashid) – The Jammu Kashmir National Front has said that the bloodshed unleashed against Muslims in 1947 was no less than a holocaust, in which hundreds of thousands of men, women and even children were brutally killed.
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‎In a statement issued here today, the National Front spokesman, while recalling those tragic events, said, “This massacre marked the beginning of systematic genocide of Muslims in the state and an unending cycle of violence that continues even today in various forms.”
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‎He said it was a systematic murder whereby the entire Muslim population was wiped out to change the demographic composition of the region.
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‎”Nearly half a million Muslims were driven out of their homes and forced to migrate to Pakistan,” he said, adding that it was the time when a Muslim-majority region was virtually reduced to a minority after a stage-managed massacre carried out by Hindu goons under the supervision of Dogra troops.
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‎He said the RSS-influenced Indian government led by Modi was pursuing the same policy, citing the revocation of Articles 370 and 35-A by the Hindutva regime and its designs in the region.
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‎The spokesman said that it was high time the global community took effective notice of the Indian government’s expansionist designs that pose an existential threat to Kashmiris.