Many Muslims in Mysore follow Sufi traditions, including visiting the tombs of Muslim saints, mystically praising Allah through songs, and focusing on attaining unity with Allah through meditation, chanting, and music.

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Prompted by the destruction of major a mosque in north India, riots between Muslims and Hindus exploded in 1992/1993. Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, was the epicenter of the riots in Mumbai, then still known as Bombay.

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This story illustrates the hostile climate in Meerut, a city whose former name literally translates as “City of Demons”. Meerut is still known as a “hotspot” because of its long history of conflict.

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Kerala is considered to be the entry point of Christianity in the Indian Subcontinent. Tradition holds that the Apostle Thomas carried the Gospel here during the first century. The area has numerous Christian denominations including…

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Barring those in trading communities, most Muslims in Maharashtra, India are poor artisans or landless labourers. There has been and still is considerable migration to industrial towns in search of jobs.

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Lucknow is the Capital of Uttar Pradesh and is situated on the banks of the river Gomti in Northern India. It is a city synonymous with the Nawabi culture which has been glorified and eulogised down the ages by writers, poets and historians alike.

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Present-day Memons are the descendants of Muslim converts from Hinduism, a conversion that took place in the mid-15th century through the influence of Sayyid Eusuf ud-Din Kadri. From the Sind province in Pakistan, the Memons spread to areas of Gujarat in India.

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Karnataka has always been at the forefront of industrial growth in India. According to Newsweek magazine, Bangalore is one of the top ten Internet technology cities in the world. Along with being the capital of the state of Karnataka, Bangalore is also home to nearly one million Muslims.

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Despite being a prominent commercial and industrial centre, Indore is also highly prone to communal riots. This is because, along with its high Muslim population, the city is also the stronghold of the Sangh Pariwar, a fanatical Hindu group in India.

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Since the mid-1990s, Hindu persecution of Muslims and Christians has increased dramatically in Gujarat, India. Early in 2002, a railway train of Hindus was attacked, allegedly by Muslim extremists. Fifty-seven people died.

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