Finger-wagging Muslim women become Indian protest symbols

New Delhi, Dec 17 (AFP/APP): A group of Muslim women who formed a barricade around a male student being attacked by baton-swinging police have become symbols of the protests currently gripping India. In a video that has gone viral, the four young women rush to surround the young man as police in riot gear thrash at him with six-foot (two-metre) bamboo sticks known as “lathi”. They then point their fingers at the officers and shout “police go back, go back” during the incident in New Delhi on Sunday. The protests, which raged for another day on Tuesday, follow the passing … Continue reading Finger-wagging Muslim women become Indian protest symbols