Hate Crime
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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…
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Karnataka: Days after Christmas, church in Mysuru vandalised
Just days after Christmas, a church in Karnataka’s Mysuru was vandalised by unknown people. The statue of Baby Jesus was also reported damaged. According to the police investigating the case, the incident…
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Guj: Videos of namaz inside varsity campus in Vadodara spark row
Vadodara: A video of two students offering namaz on the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) campus in Gujarat’s Vadodara city went viral on Monday, with authorities saying they will counsel the duo to…
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UP: Ayodhya seer performs ‘tehraveen’ of Shah Rukh Khan
Ayodhya: Ayodhya seer Mahant Paramhans Das of Tapasvi Chhavni on Monday performed the symbolic ‘tehraveen‘ ritual of actor Shah Rukh Khan. He said that the ‘tehraveen‘ would mark the end of ‘jihad’…
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UP: 3 cops beat Muslim man for alleged cattle theft; suspended
Budaun: Three policemen were suspended in connection with beating up a man over a case of buffalo theft, a senior police official said here on Sunday. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Siddhartha…