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- India
25-year-old Shahzad Ali lynched in Bihar, family claims brother killed similarly
Siwan: A mob in Bihar’s Siwan allegedly killed a 25-year-old Muslim man on Saturday, May 30, with his family claiming he was taken away from his home by a group of locals…
- Hate Crime
I demanded encounter: Hindu teen’s mother after Asad killed in police action
Ghaziabad: The main accused in the murder of a 17-year-old Hindu student died in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad after sustaining injuries in a police encounter early Sunday, May 31. Reacting to the police…
- India
61 hate crimes in April: A month of bulldozers, boycotts and deleted voters
Hyderabad: Siasat.com recorded 61 hate crimes across India in April – 49 targeting Muslims, 10 against Dalits and two against Christians. The numbers are consistent with the steady religious and caste-motivated violence that has…
- Hate Crime
UP: Elderly Muslim man held for calling Yogi, Modi ‘gunda’
Meerut: An elderly Muslim man from Meerut was arrested within 24 hours after he made inflammatory comments against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling them…
- India
Man calls police over bag of meat, CCTV reveals he placed it himself
Meerut: A Hindu man deliberately placed a bag of meat outside his house in Uttar Pradesh‘s Meerut on Friday, May 29, and called the police to file a false report. Puneet, son…
- Hate Crime
Arunachal Pradesh: Shutdown in capital forces Muslims to spend Eid indoors
Itanagar: An indigenous youth group called for a 24-hour shutdown in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital of Itanagar on Friday, May 29, to “prevent illegal immigrants,” a label used to target Bangladeshi-speaking Muslims, from…
- Hate Crime
Hindutva group protests Eid al Adha prayers at Taj Mahal
Agra: The All India Hindu Mahasabha (AIHM) staged a protest on Thursday, May 28, after authorities allowed free entry and permitted Eid al Adha prayers at the Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh’s…
- India
Rajasthan to Delhi, Muslims campaign to demand national animal status to cow
Jaisalmer: The Muslim community in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer launched a signature campaign demanding that the cow be declared India’s national animal, calling for a complete ban on beef exports, with memorandums prepared for…
- News
June 1 tak khaali karo: Uttarakhand mosque faces eviction notice
Uttarakhand: As India celebrates Bakrid, in Uttarakhand, Hindutva forces demanded authorities of Jama Masjid mosque vacate the premises by June 1, citing that the building was illegal. In a video on Thursday,…
- Hate Crime
UP: 3 held after Ghaziabad Mayor accuses minors of throwing meat in river
Ghaziabad: Three Muslim men have been arrested a day after Ghaziabad Mayor Sunita Dayal posted a video boldly claiming she “caught” two Muslim children attempting to throw remains of cow meat in…
- Bangalore
Farmers protest after Muslims boycott cow slaughter in Karnataka’s Hassan
Hassan: Tensions prevailed in Karnataka’s Hassan district after anxious dairy farmers threatened to escalate their protests following a decline in business triggered by Muslims’ collective effort to boycott cow slaughter. On Tuesday…
- Hyderabad
Owaisi urges Dharmendra Pradhan to postpone DU exams on Bakrid
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, May 27, called on Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to intervene and postpone Delhi University’s exams scheduled on Eid al-Adha on May…
- India
Delhi court seeks Assam CM’s response on plea claiming anti-Muslim hate speech
New Delhi: A Delhi court sought responses from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Delhi Police over activist Harsh Mander’s revision petition that sought a first information report (FIR) against…
- India
Let there be clarity: When a Muslim member backed cow slaughter ban in 1948
New Delhi: Amid calls from sections of the Muslim community that cow should be declared a national animal, a look at the Constituent Assembly debates shows that two Muslim members had sought…
- India
Eid prayers disallowed at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid for 8th year in a row
Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday, May 27, refused to allow Eid prayers at the Eidgah and the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar’s old city for the eighth consecutive year, besides placing Mirwaiz Umar…
