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How Hindutva campaign built the case for Maharashtra’s anti-conversion law
The Maharashtra Assembly passed a sweeping anti-conversion law on March 16, criminalising religious conversions deemed to involve a “promise of marriage” and handing police the power to act against interfaith couples on…
- Hate Crime
Odisha man forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram,’ HC orders senior cop probe
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha High Court ordered a senior police official to supervise the investigation of the attack on a Muslim man who was stripped, dragged on the road, and allegedly forced to…
- Hate Crime
Even bail not enough: 8 Muslim men flee their homes, fear police inaction
Shravasti: Eight Muslim men released on bail in Uttar Pradesh‘s Shrivasti district have since fled their homes in fear of continued police action after they were arrested for eating non-vegetarian food during…
- Hate Crime
Telangana: Muslim father-son duo attacked over beef sale during Hanuman Jayanti
Hyderabad: An angry Hindutva mob allegedly assaulted a 60-year-old Muslim man and his teenage son on Wednesday, April 1, for reportedly selling beef during Hanuman Jayanti in Telangana’s Jagtial district. The attack…
- India
Varanasi iftar party case: Sessions Court denies bail to 14 Muslim men
Varanasi: A Sessions Court on Wednesday, April 1, denied bail to 14 Muslim men, accused of eating chicken and discarding the bones during iftar on a boat along the ghats of River…
- Hate Crime
Human rights violations against Indian Muslims amounting to apartheid: Report
The Panel of Independent International Experts (PIIE) has reported that systematic human rights violations against Muslims in India, specifically in Assam, have risen to the extent that they can be classified as…
- India
Bengal: 2 held for hoisting saffron flag atop madrasa gate, raising slogans
West Bengal: Two people were arrested in West Bengal’s Siliguri district on March 30 after they allegedly climbed atop a madrassa and hoisted a saffron flag during a Ramnavami procession the previous…
- Hate Crime
Telangana man shares Raja Singh’s photo with pig, forced to wash his poster
Hyderabad: A Muslim youth was allegedly humiliated on Monday, March 30, in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district for reportedly insulting Goshamahala MLA T Raja Singh on social media, angering his supporters. Sheikh Mohammed Yaser…
- Hate Crime
Ramnavami yatras show ‘love jihad’ consequences with cut-up body parts
Chatra: A play during Ramnavami celebrations in Jharkhand’s Chatra district depicted a fictional scenario in which actors staged the consequences of “love jihad.” The play shows actors dressed as Muslim men in…
- India
Factchecker Mohammed Zubair’s Ramnavami posts blocked in India
Alt News co-founder and factchecker Mohammed Zubair, who, days ago, shared a series of posts purportedly showing communal violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district during Ramnavami processions, said that X took down…
- Hate Crime
Bengal: Violence during Ramnavami procession, Muslim shops set on fire
Kolkata: Tension gripped parts of Murshidabad district in poll-bound West Bengal during Ramnavami processions on Friday, March 27, after communal clashes broke out, with incidents of stone-pelting, vandalism and arson reported from multiple…
- Hyderabad
Provocative songs, warning to Muslims: Raja Singh’s Ramnavami yatra in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A Ramnavami procession led by controversial former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T Raja Singh on Friday, March 27, turned into a show of strength marked by incendiary songs, open brandishing of…
- India
Ex-Calcutta HC judge to move tribunal after name deleted from Bengal voter list
Kolkata: After the first supplementary list of “under adjudication” voters was published on Monday, March 23, Calcutta High Court’s retired judge and West Bengal Waqf Board chairperson Shahidullah Munshi claimed that his…
- Hate Crime
Will gouge out eyes and play marbles: Mumbai BJP MLA over religious insult
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Nitesh Rane issued a direct threat during the grand Ramnavami procession in Maharashtra’s Mumbai on Thursday, March 26, stating that he would “gouge out the eyes” of…
- Hate Crime
Will kill you if you slaughter cows: Priest threatens students at Delhi station
Muslim students travelling from Hyderabad to write the Darul Uloom Deoband examinations were allegedly targeted based on their identity by a saffron-clad priest, who threatened to kill them if the students slaughtered…
