Thursday, 24 February , 2005, 08:17
Washington: A Muslim group urged the US government on Wednesday to bar the entry of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who is accused of complicity in post-Godhra riots.
Modi is the guest of honour at the Asian American Hotel Owners' Association's annual convention in Florida next month, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations said.
"Our nation should not reward a man accused of complicity in the massacre of civilians by granting him a visa or a place of honour at a convention," said Parvez Ahmed, an official of the Muslim advocacy group.
Modi has been accused by the opposition and human rights groups of doing little to stop the bloody riots in Gujarat in 2002, when up to 2,000 Muslims were killed.
National Human Rights Commission and fact-finding teams from embassies stationed in New Delhi accused Modi of turning a blind eye to the riots.
CAIR is seeking to block Modi's entry based on the International Religious Freedom Act, that makes any foreign official engaged in 'particularly severe violations of religious freedom' inadmissible to the United States.
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