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Indian Muslims at the Eid el-Fitr Celebrations at the Great Mosque of Jama Masjid, also known as the Great Mosque of Delhi, June 5, 2019. Noemi CASSANELLI / AFP

India rejected Sunday, June 23, a report of the US State Department released Friday denouncing the attacks against religious minorities in the country. The report, which was released a few days before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's move to New Delhi, exacerbates Indo-US relations ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka at the end of the month.

With our correspondent in New Delhi , Antoine Guinard

For the spokesperson of the Indian Foreign Ministry Raveesh Kumar, the United States and any other foreign country have "no credibility with regard to the criticism of the rights of the citizens of India", who he has been reminded, are protected by the country's Constitution and the Indian tradition of tolerance and pluralism.

This report by the US Commission on the Protection of Religious Freedoms in the World states among other things " violence, intimidation and harassment " in India against Muslim communities and "Dalit", formerly called "untouchables". On Saturday, the day after the BJP was issued, the ruling Hindu Nationalist Party reacted, citing a bias against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The report accuses the Indian Prime Minister of not having acted in the face of the rise of the community violence which is yet reported the official figures of the Indian government. The lynchings by Hindu militias of people suspected of carrying or storing beef have been on the rise since Narendra Modi came to power. His party, which has won for the second time in a row an unqualified legislative victory, has also named several openly anti-Muslim extremists in key positions in recent years.

►The report of the US State Department on religious freedoms in India in English: here