Soon, similar dictates emerged from other states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. The two-week-long pilgrimage runs from July 22 to Aug. 6....
Despite fears of a police crackdown, hundreds of Muslim men had come out on Feb. 15 for “Shab-e-Baraat,” the night of forgiveness, gathering in a vast, wooded graveyard...