In the aftermath of recent terror attacks, Muslims in Mumbai are speaking out against the carnage that left more than 170 people dead and hundreds injured -- including many Muslims, CNN reported.
Muslims are shown at prayer Friday in Mumbai.
Muslims are shown at prayer Friday in Mumbai.
"They (terrorists) claim to be doing this in the name of Islam. We have to tell them, 'Not in our name,'" said writer and activist Javed Anand, a Muslim.
Scattered throughout Mumbai are several predominantly Muslim neighborhoods. Many Muslims in those communities say they were shaken by the terror attacks, and they are not hesitant to show their feelings.
At a rally this week, the anger was clear as Indian Muslims marched and chanted anti-Pakistan slogans, even as Pakistan pledged to help in the investigation. Indian authorities say the terrorists involved were linked to an Islamic group in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Muslim graveyards in Mumbai have refused to bury the bodies of the nine gunmen killed during the attacks, on the belief that Muslims who commit such barbaric acts are not true followers of Islam.
An estimated 80 percent of India's population is Hindu, compared to roughly 14 percent who are Muslim. In India's massive populace of 1.1 billion, the South Asian nation holds the third-largest Muslim population in the world, trailing just Indonesia and Pakistan.