Islamophobia
- India
Genocide of Muslims has already started in India: Experts at global summit
At a three-day global summit, titled, India On The Brink: Preventing Genocide held virtually, experts said that India is not solely at the brink of genocide but the process has already started.…
- India
Karnataka: Harsha Hindu’s sister forced to take Islamophobic oath
After losing her 23-year-old-brother to communal gang rivalries, Harsha Hindu’s sister who had called for overall peace was forced to take an Islamophobic oath even as she attempted to refrain from taking…
- Telangana
Telangana: BJP worker threatens Muslim fruit vendor to take down Shivaratri board, cops say issue resolved
Hyderabad: Adding to the growing list of Islamophobic instances across the country, a Muslim fruit vendor in Karimnagar, Telangana was asked to take down the ‘Happy Shivaratri’ board on his moving cart…
- India
Hijab row: FIR against journalist for barging into Muslim girl’s house
Amid the ongoing hijab proceedings in the Karnataka high court, the police in Udupi district filed an FIR under against a reporter for barging into a Muslim girl’s house in the name…
- India
Hijab row: Bangladesh stands in solidarity with Muslim women
To add to the series of protests across India and the world in the ongoing hijab row, Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka witnessed people marching in solidarity with Indian Muslim girls who are fighting…
- India
Indian American Muslims protest against Karnataka Hijab ban
Washington DC: Indian American Muslims protested in Houston city of Texas against the Karnataka High Court’s ban on students wearing hijabs in schools. The protest saw more than a hundred people, with…
- India
‘Why not turban, bindi, cross’: Hijab arguments in Karnataka HC
Bengaluru: Why is only hijab not allowed inside classrooms, why not a crucifix, why not turban, why not bindi, submitted senior advocate Prof Ravivarma Kumar on Wednesday to the three-judge bench of…
- India
Islamophobia taking most lethal form in India: Noam Chomsky, Harsh Mander
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and 16 other reputed organisations held a Congressional briefing on February 9 calling the treatment of Indian Muslims during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule “lethal,” “horrific,”…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Truth behind viral tweet over Sweekar Institute’s burqa ban
Hyderabad: Even as the hijab ban in Karnataka schools simmers, a student claiming to be enrolled in the Sweekar Academy of Rehabilitation Sciences (SARS) here also alleged that the Chairman of her…
- India
‘Hijab issue has become jihad’, says Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader
Adding to the hijab row in Karnataka, joint secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Dr Surendra Jain has issued a video statement in which he argued that the row is no more a…
- India
Karnataka CM announces 3-day-leave for schools, colleges amid hijab row
Amidst the ongoing Hijab row in Karnataka, CM Basavaraj Bommai has announced that all high schools and colleges would be shut for the next three days. Bommai took to twitter calling for…
- India
Appointment of new JNU VC triggers outrage on Twitter; check reactions
Controversial tweets by Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, the new vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, surfaced on social media after the Ministry of Education (MoE) appointed her to the top post on Monday. She…
- India
January 2022 witnessed new series of hate crimes against Muslims
Much like the year 2021, which witnessed a series of instances of Islamophobia, the beginning of this year seemed no different. With just one month gone by, the atrocities against Muslims, and…
- India
Karnataka: Muslim student moves HC after college’s hijab ban
A Muslim student has filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court seeking a declaration that wearing a hijab (headscarf) is a Fundamental Right guaranteed under Article 14 and 25 of…
- World
CAIR releases report titled ‘Islamophobia in the Mainstream’
Hyderabad: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the USA’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a new Islamophobia report titled “Islamophobia in the Mainstream,” listing 35 charitable institutions and…
