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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nLONDON: Hindu groups have rejected a new SOAS-led report into the 2022 Hindu-Muslim Leicester riots which seeks to blame Hindus and \u201cHindutva\u201d for much of the violence, saying they have serious concerns about its impartiality, funding and panel composition.The Hindu Community Organisations Group (HCOG) Leicester, which represents over 50,000 Hindus, said the vast majority of Hindu groups had boycotted the \u201cIndependent Commission of Inquiry\u201d, led by SOAS University of London, LSE and the Monitoring Group, which published its report, titled \u201cBetter Together\u201d, on Monday. The report states itself that it received funding from the Open Society Foundations.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n HCOG said the inquiry was funded with a \u00a3620,000 grant from George Soros, \u201cknown for his critical stance on India and Hindus\u201d, and said it does not reflect the true picture of what happened. \u201cThe Leicester violence in 2022 saw targeted attacks on Hindu homes, temples and individuals, with clear anti-Hindu sentiments evidenced in acts such as the vandalism of a Hindu temple and assaults on Hindu youth. Yet the SOAS inquiry seems to downplay these incidents while amplifying unverified claims,\u201d it said.Although the SOAS inquiry, chaired by human rights expert Prof Juan M\u00e9ndez, found there was no single community to blame, it then went on to largely blame the riots on Hindus and \u201cHindutva\u201d, with a whole chapter dedicated to Hindutva. This is in sharp contrast to the Henry Jackson Society report. The SOAS report\u2019s recommendations include a \u201cpolitical will to confront Hindu extremism\u201d and recognise Hindutva as a form of extremism on the same level as political Islamism.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n![\"IMG-20220917-WA0006\"](\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-23456,msid-128728430\/img-20220917-wa0006.jpg\" "\\".\\"")
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