Hate Crime
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NIA charge sheets 20 in Praveen Nettaru murder case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against 20 members of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of BJP Youth leader…
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MP: Student thrashed for speaking to Hindu girl, 6 arrested
On January 3, a young Muslim man called Shahbaz was thrashed and beaten brutally by a group of Hindu men in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. According to reports, Shahbaz was conversing…
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Gujarat: 6 Madarasa, 36 commercial establishments razed down
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Gujarat government demolished 36 commercial establishments and 6 madrasas on January 16 in Kutch. According to reports, the district administration claimed that the demolished structures were built illegally.…
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My brother cannot harm anyone: Accused’s kin on Bajrang Dal worker attack
Saba Sheikh, sister of Sameer, who is accused of attempting to murder a right-wing Bajrang Dal worker Sunil said her brother is innocent and she was constantly harassed by the Hindutva worker.…
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After repeated debunks, video of Muslim leader ‘spitting on food’ resurfaces
Despite fact-checking a video and proving its claims to be false, a video of a Muslim religious leader blowing on a plate filled with food has again gone viral with the same…
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‘Boycott banner’ on Muslim traders in Karnataka temple fair
Dakshina Kannada: Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have put up a ‘boycott banner’ against Muslim traders at a religious fair in Kavuru near Mangaluru city on Saturday. The…
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Chhattisgarh religious clashes: Education affected due to violence
Narayanpur: Mohanti Salaam, a Class 9 student, has been living in a shelter camp in Chhattisgarh’s tribal-dominated Narayanpur district for the last 21 days after a clash between members of two communities…
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Bajrang Dal distributes trishuls to youngsters to ‘protect Hindu dharma’
Over 300 young men in Rajasthan’s Jaipur took part in an event organised by the right-wing organisation Bajrang Dal where Trishuls (tridents) were distributed. A video that went viral on Twitter showed…
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December diary: Anti-Muslim hate crime, Islamophobia dominates end of 2022
In November, a young Muslim engineering student was casually addressed as a terrorist by his teacher. This month witnessed a government school principal’s arrest for letting his students sing a popular poem…