Indian police step up arrests to stop religious unrest over anti-Islam remarks

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By Fayaz Bukhari and Subrata Nag Choudhury SRINAGAR/KOLKATA, India (Reuters) -Police in India’s Kashmir arrested a youth for posting a video threatening to behead a former spokesperson of India’s ruling party who had made derogatory remarks about Islam’s religious leader Prophet Mohammad, officials said on Sunday. The video, circulated on YouTube, has been withdrawn by authorities as part of a wider attempt to curb religious unrest that has spread across the country. Muslims have taken to the streets to protest against anti-Islamic comments made by two members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…

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