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January 6 Riot Anniversary: Danger of Right-Wing Conspiracy | USCMO, ICNA CSJ Condemn Call for Genocide of India’s Muslims, World Leaders’ Deafening Silence

January 6, 2022 will mark a year since the United States’ Capitol was the victim of a pro-Trump mob, what some have deemed as an assult, riot, even attempted coup. Through an examination of different elements that led up to the riot and the aftermath, this article series will serve to pivot and understand the events on Jan 6 as part of the culminating and increasing right wing extremism present not only in the United States, but around the world. 

The events on January 6 can be traced to many varying elements in American society – increasing polarity between the left and right, a lost election, and in many cases, far-right wing conspiracies. Right wing conspiracies have been at the core of why many stormed the Capitol in early 2021. 

The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), including ICNA CSJ, and American Muslims condemn with alarm the recent flagrantly open call of Hindu chauvinist leaders in a “Genocide Convention” – with the tacit endorsement of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – for the mass genocide, forced conversion, and ethnic cleansing of India’s 213 million Muslims.