Anti-Muslim hate crime
- India
Uttarakhand hate crime: Assaulted for my name, claims Mohammed Firoz
Haridwar: Goods transporter Mohammed Firoz, who once confidently travelled across state lines for work, now lives in constant fear. “If I can be attacked like this, what else is waiting out there?”…
- Hyderabad
Mob attacks passenger with beard, wearing skull cap at Hafeezpet station
Hyderabad: En route to Latur in Maharashtra, a passenger named Mohammed Imran was allegedly attacked by a group of men for his religious identity. A video of the Muslim man recounting the…
- India
UP gov seeks withdrawal of accused’s charges in Mohammad Akhlaq’s lynching
Uttar Pradesh: Under Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh government has applied to withdraw all charges, including murder, against the ten men accused of the 2015 killing of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri. The government…
- Hate Crime
West Bengal: Student thrashed on train, called ‘Bangladeshi’ by Hindutva mob
In yet another incidence of growing intolerance towards minorities in India, a 27-year-old Muslim student Rezaul Islam Mondal was brutally assaulted and humiliated allegedly by a Hindutva extremist group on a Sealdah-bound…
- India
1 killed amid communal clash in Tripura; Mosque vandalized, shops looted
Anti-Muslim violence occurred in Tripura’s Kadamtala area on the weekend and led to the death of one Muslim man, and others being hospitalized with critical injuries. The unrest began on Sunday, October…
- India
‘They need to be taught lesson’: Hate crime allegations surface after fatal accident in Maharashtra
A Muslim woman and her three-year-old daughter Nadia died in Maharashtra’s Latur District on Sunday, September 29 in a road accident that has reportedly turned into a hate crime case. The incident…
- India
UP: Aligarh BJP MLA demands release of accused who lynched Muslim man
BJP leaders have launched a protest against the arrest of six people who were allegedly involved in the murder of a Muslim man, mistaken for a thief, in Aligarh’s Mama Bhanja locality.…
- India
Indian YouTuber desecrates Quran in video, sparks outrage
Outrage erupted on social media after a proclaimed atheist named Sameer desecrated the holy Quran, which is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God.…
- Hate Crime
Posters in Jaipur ask locals not to rent, sell property to Muslims
In yet another case of anti-Muslim hate across the country, some posters appeared in Nandpuri neighbourhood of Jaipur in Rajasthan, asking the local to refrain from selling or renting out properties to…
- Hate Crime
UK reports over 300% rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes since Oct 7
A crime monitoring agency recorded a sharp increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United Kingdom since October 7, with over 2,000 incidents reported so far. Tell MAMA, an organisation that documents…
- Hate Crime
65-year-old man’s beard burnt, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Karnataka
A 65-year-old Muslim man was tortured and forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by two unidentified bikers in Gangavati town of Karnataka’s Koppal district. An FIR was lodged following the victim’s complaint…
