Facebook Post On Prophet Mohammed

Two young men squabbled at a tea stall over the social media post before it turned into a full-blown fight with sticks and rods

Some 20,000 Muslims called for the execution of a young Hindu man on Bangladesh's Bhola island Sunday for writing Facebook messages that allegedly defamed the Prophet Mohammed, with police saying they opened fire after rocks were thrown at officers.

A burnt motorcycle lies bang in the middle of the road as you enter Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, that has borne the brunt of communal clashes that erupted on Monday, peaked on Tuesday and simmered to a very uneasy calm today after the BSF began patrolling the area.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked West Bengal for a report on communal clashes in towns near Kolkata over a Facebook post. Mr Singh spoke to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this morning. Violence engulfed large parts of the North 24 Parganas district after a derogatory post on Prophet Mohammed by a 17-year-student of Baduria, who has been arrest...

The Centre on Tuesday sent in about 400 troops of the paramilitary Border Security Force or BSF to West Bengal after a request from the state government trying to control communal trouble near Kolkata.

Two young men squabbled at a tea stall over the social media post before it turned into a full-blown fight with sticks and rods

Some 20,000 Muslims called for the execution of a young Hindu man on Bangladesh's Bhola island Sunday for writing Facebook messages that allegedly defamed the Prophet Mohammed, with police saying they opened fire after rocks were thrown at officers.

A burnt motorcycle lies bang in the middle of the road as you enter Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, that has borne the brunt of communal clashes that erupted on Monday, peaked on Tuesday and simmered to a very uneasy calm today after the BSF began patrolling the area.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked West Bengal for a report on communal clashes in towns near Kolkata over a Facebook post. Mr Singh spoke to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this morning. Violence engulfed large parts of the North 24 Parganas district after a derogatory post on Prophet Mohammed by a 17-year-student of Baduria, who has been arrest...

The Centre on Tuesday sent in about 400 troops of the paramilitary Border Security Force or BSF to West Bengal after a request from the state government trying to control communal trouble near Kolkata.