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Hundreds of Muslim leaders in India demanded on Tuesday that the government protect their community from persecution, saying Muslims were being unfairly targeted in a police crackdown after bombings across the country.

"Today, with the injustice and harassment, Islam and Muslims in this country are under threat," said Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari, influential leader of the Jama Masjid mosque, the largest in north India.

"We have been quiet for a long time, but we cannot take this anymore. We too have rights."

Bukhari said neither the ruling Congress nor the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were a suitable option for the Muslims, who make up 13 percent of India’s population.

"They think we only have these two options," he said, addressing a crowd of Muslim leaders and others on the lawns of the Jama Masjid, a 17th century mosque built by Mughal kings.

"But water will find its way, it will find its own level."

Bombings have killed hundreds of people in recent months, and Muslim leaders accuse the police of indiscriminate arrests of young Muslim men who have been paraded before the media.

Muslims are key voter bases for the Congress and for regional parties.

"Just as the Congress and the BJP use terrorism to secure their voter base, the Muslim leaders are also using it to secure their position," said Ajai Sahni, executive director of the Institute for Conflict Management.

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(source: BBC news)

Passports belonging to the alleged killers of a top Hamas official in Dubai are fraudulent, the British and Irish governments have said.Ireland said the names and passport numbers of three suspects did not match anything issued by its officials.Britain said it believed the six British passports were also fraudulent.

Arrest warrants were issued for the suspects named by police in Dubai, where Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was murdered in a hotel room on 20 January.Two more men, one using a French passport and one using a German passport, are also suspected of playing parts in the assassination.The French foreign ministry said it was "not able to confirm the nationality of this person", according to AFP news agency.German officials said the passport number was either incomplete or wrong, Associated Press reported.

Police in Dubai have issued arrest warrants for 11 suspects they want to question about the killing of a senior Hamas official in Dubai. The suspects include six men travelling on false British passports.

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