Really worrying for those communities affected, the vast majority of which will want nothing to do with this violence but must be feeling very vulnerable right now.
It does feel like Hindu’s in this country draw a short straw sometimes, because they don’t generally complain or play the victim often. British Indian’s outperform on pretty much every metric you can name, education, income, low levels of crime, whatever it is. They are a great benefit to our society, we would do well not to take them for granted just because they aren’t so vocal about it.
Reading the statements by community leaders in Leicester, it makes me feel for them, they really want to solve the tensions, through family interventions, they share the values we all hold.
The country is in a bad state, the government has practically abandoned the people, and emotions are high, there doesn’t seem to be a way to resolve things currently.
Things may have to get worse before they get better.
Peace and love people, this is how we thrive
This is just the start of the winter of discontent. More violence and unrest will follow
So the article tells us it’s not really over cricket, but doesn’t tell us the real factors.
I know roughly what’s up because of Reddit but I checked 3 major news outlets yesterday and none of them reported anything about it.
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Who is actually to blame here lol I’m seeing completely different accounts on social media
I’m 3rd gen of British Sikhs from Leicester on one side. I’m an atheist and lived down south my whole life. This upsets me. People who look like me and my age doing insane stuff. I feel really far removed from it all but I’d love to talk to them-just ask them why do you care so much? I don’t like religion but I won’t ever protest outside a church. Crazy world and all they hurt is themselves; makes young asian men look bad
South Asian Hindus and Muslims have been at each others throats for ages. Independent India was partitioned into 3 countries and 1 million people were killed over this issue in the mid 20th century. Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan have nuclear weapons pointed at each other and thousands of troops along their mutual border. Now the mutual hatred is manifesting itself in Leicester.
I hate to say it, but in many ways they are like the British and the French who spent 800 of the last 900 years fighting each other.
Hindus are persecuting Muslims in India, now those Hindus are coming here to persecute Indian Muslims here particularly those Indian Muslims who live amongst Indian Hindus, what they didn’t count on is the Pakistani Muslims are going to respond to this violence against individuals. Now everyone is worried and are saying it’s to do with cricket.
A disgrace behaving like this during a period of mourning, they clearly have no respect for the country they’ve migrated to.
I wonder why Englishmen are so upset over Pakistan and India?.
So you’re telling me the dream I had the other night of Indians and Pakistanis having a war over cricket was real???
Pls this world can not be real
Do you think the fact that Leicester is the MOST deprived part of the country, including London, is partly to blame for this?
Im all for freedom of/from religion and religious rights, but as soon as people can’t cohabit together all that goes out the window. No respect for either side, medieval behaviour is not worthy of any protection. The problem is only going to worsen the more segregated communities are left to grow and get more entrenched.
I didn’t have Hindu Muslim riots on my 2022 bingo card.
I live close to Leicester and it has always been a city with a very diverse population who have lived side by side with little tension . This is very out of character . From what I’ve heard tension started over a cricket match and then escalated . It’s very sad
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Really worrying for those communities affected, the vast majority of which will want nothing to do with this violence but must be feeling very vulnerable right now.
It does feel like Hindu’s in this country draw a short straw sometimes, because they don’t generally complain or play the victim often. British Indian’s outperform on pretty much every metric you can name, education, income, low levels of crime, whatever it is. They are a great benefit to our society, we would do well not to take them for granted just because they aren’t so vocal about it.
Reading the statements by community leaders in Leicester, it makes me feel for them, they really want to solve the tensions, through family interventions, they share the values we all hold.
The country is in a bad state, the government has practically abandoned the people, and emotions are high, there doesn’t seem to be a way to resolve things currently.
Things may have to get worse before they get better.
Peace and love people, this is how we thrive
This is just the start of the winter of discontent. More violence and unrest will follow
So the article tells us it’s not really over cricket, but doesn’t tell us the real factors.
I know roughly what’s up because of Reddit but I checked 3 major news outlets yesterday and none of them reported anything about it.
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Who is actually to blame here lol I’m seeing completely different accounts on social media
I’m 3rd gen of British Sikhs from Leicester on one side. I’m an atheist and lived down south my whole life. This upsets me. People who look like me and my age doing insane stuff. I feel really far removed from it all but I’d love to talk to them-just ask them why do you care so much? I don’t like religion but I won’t ever protest outside a church. Crazy world and all they hurt is themselves; makes young asian men look bad
South Asian Hindus and Muslims have been at each others throats for ages. Independent India was partitioned into 3 countries and 1 million people were killed over this issue in the mid 20th century. Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan have nuclear weapons pointed at each other and thousands of troops along their mutual border. Now the mutual hatred is manifesting itself in Leicester.
I hate to say it, but in many ways they are like the British and the French who spent 800 of the last 900 years fighting each other.
Hindus are persecuting Muslims in India, now those Hindus are coming here to persecute Indian Muslims here particularly those Indian Muslims who live amongst Indian Hindus, what they didn’t count on is the Pakistani Muslims are going to respond to this violence against individuals. Now everyone is worried and are saying it’s to do with cricket.
A disgrace behaving like this during a period of mourning, they clearly have no respect for the country they’ve migrated to.
I wonder why Englishmen are so upset over Pakistan and India?.
So you’re telling me the dream I had the other night of Indians and Pakistanis having a war over cricket was real???
Pls this world can not be real
Do you think the fact that Leicester is the MOST deprived part of the country, including London, is partly to blame for this?
Im all for freedom of/from religion and religious rights, but as soon as people can’t cohabit together all that goes out the window. No respect for either side, medieval behaviour is not worthy of any protection. The problem is only going to worsen the more segregated communities are left to grow and get more entrenched.
I didn’t have Hindu Muslim riots on my 2022 bingo card.
I live close to Leicester and it has always been a city with a very diverse population who have lived side by side with little tension . This is very out of character . From what I’ve heard tension started over a cricket match and then escalated . It’s very sad