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{{short description|Civilian campaign in India}}
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'''Karwan-e-Mohabbat''' ({{lit|Caravan of Love}}), sometimes written as '''Karwan e Mohabbat''', also known as '''Peace Yatra''' (Peaceful Journey), is a countrywide civilian campaign in India that was first launched in September 2017 in solidarity with the victims of [[Lynching|mob lynching]] or victimised during the communal or [[religious violence|religiously motivated]] violence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/opinion-why-i-travel-with-the-karwan-e-mohabbat-1554455988839.html|title=Opinion: Why I travel with the Karwan-e-Mohabbat|author=[[Natasha Badhwar]]|date=April 5, 2019|website=Livemint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/938778/twitter-account-of-karwan-e-mohabbat-suspended-harsh-mander-says-will-continue-to-speak-out|title=Twitter restores Harsh Mander's Karwan-e-Mohabbat account a day after suspending it|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in}}</ref> The campaign was actively conducted after a series of [[extrajudicial killing]]s took place such as [[2015 Dadri mob lynching]], and later [[Cow vigilante violence in India|cow vigilante violence]] that resulted in several crimes, including mob lynching.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beHbDwAAQBAJ&q=Karwan-e-Mohabbat&pg=PT43|title=The Minority Conundrum: Living in Majoritarian Times|first=Tanweer|last=Fazal|date=April 8, 2020|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=9780143497615|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/caste/karwan-e-mohabbat-must-continue-journey|title=The 'Karwan-E-Mohabbat' Must Continue Its Journey|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/karwan-e-mohabbat-lynching-hate-crimes|title=Finding Hate, Despair and Hope on the 'Karwan-e-Mohabbat'|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/karwan-e-mohabbat-is-helping-families-of-lynch-mob-victims-cope-with-grief-118072701339_1.html|title=Karwan-e-Mohabbat is helping families of lynch-mob victims cope with grief|first=Geetanjali|last=Krishna|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=July 27, 2018|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

==Background==
Karwan-e-Mohabbat idea was introduced by a human rights activist [[Harsh Mander]]. It was first launched in 2017 from a northeastern Indian state [[Assam]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/rocky-reception-for-karwan-e-mohabbat/articleshow/60704586.cms|title='Rocky' reception for Karwan-E-Mohabbat &#124; Jaipur News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> and subsequently travelled across the multiple states, including Jharkhand, Karnataka, [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]] and other states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/karwan-e-mohabbat-uncovering-how-violence-against-minorities-has-been-normalised-4098127.html|title=Karwan e Mohabbat: Uncovering how violence against minorities has been normalised|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/2/11694/Karwan-e-Mohabbat-A-Journey-Through-Troubled-Lands|title=Karwan e Mohabbat: A Journey Through Troubled Lands|first=harsh|last=mander|website=The Citizen}}</ref> It is run by the different People, including lawyers, activists, journalists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edexlive.com/happening/2019/mar/28/why-karwan-e-mohabbat-could-hold-the-answer-to-stopping-hate-crimes-lynchings-in-india-5631.html|title=Why Karwan-e-Mohabbat could hold the answer to stopping hate crimes, lynchings in India|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> social workers, writers, photographers and students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/just-before-monday/review-book-review-reconciliation-2669675|title=Book Review: Reconciliation|first=Pooja|last=Salvi|date=September 30, 2018|website=DNA India}}</ref> The campaign claimed to have minimized the communal violence against the [[Religion in India|minorities]], though [[Coronavirus pandemic anti-Muslim riots in India|coronavirus pandemic anti-Muslim riots]] occurred during the recent days in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/interview/message-of-love-in-the-time-of-mob-lynchings|title=Message of love in the time of mob lynchings|website=National Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/minorities/a-christian-litmus-test-karwan-e-mohabbat|title=A Christian litmus test|website=National Herald}}</ref>

==Objectives==
The Karwan-e-Mohabbat claimed that it had taken some initiatives to reduce violence by spreading awareness through [[consciousness raising]] or travelling around the country. The objectives of the people associated with campaign is to provide medical and [[legal aid]] to the victims' families.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/podcast/audio-karwan-e-mohabbat-bid-help-survivors-of-lynching-legal-aid|title=Audio I Karwan e Mohabbat's Bid to Help Survivors of Lynching|date=August 27, 2018|website=The Quint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newscentral24x7.com/as-religious-tolerance-wanes-karwan-e-mohabbats-last-in-line-documentary-offers-hope-of-secularism/|title=As Religious Tolerance Wanes, Karwan-e-Mohabbat's 'Last in Line' Documentary Offers Hope of Secularism|date=January 8, 2019|website=NewsCentral24x7}}</ref> It also provides [[economic security]] to the affected families.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/community-support-plea-for-kin-of-dhola-victims/cid/1679640|title=Community support plea for Dhola victims' kin|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

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[[Category:Peace organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Interfaith organizations]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Anti-Muslim violence in India]]
[[Category:Human rights organisations based in India]]