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UP: Muslim family harassed by group playing Holi, 1 arrested
A Muslim family was allegedly harassed by a group playing Holi in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district and a video of the incident surfaced online leading to widespread condemnation of the incident. A…
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MP: 17 held for celebrating Pakistan cricket win found innocent after 6 years
Six years after a group of 17 Muslim men, including two minors, who were wrongly accused of celebrating Pakistan’s victory in a cricket match in June 2017, a Madhya Pradesh court found…
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Indian Muslims need not worry about CAA, continue to enjoy equal rights as Hindus: Govt
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday asserted that Indian Muslims need not worry as the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will not impact their citizenship and has nothing to do with…
- India
Haldwani violence: Five women arrested, total arrested tally at 89
Five Muslim women were arrested by the Uttarakhand police following the communal violence that hit Haldwani between Feb 8-9. This takes the total number of arrested persons to 89, the senior superintendent…
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Haldwani violence a template for erasing Muslim history: Harsh Mander
Human rights activist Harsh Mander, who started the Karwan-e-Mohabbat campaign in solidarity with the victims of communal violence, has described the recent Haldwani violence, between February 8 and 9, as “a template…
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MP: Hindu man held for vandalising idols after wrongful arrest of Muslims
On the intervening night of January 31 and February 1, a Shiva temple in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh was found vandalised. The idols, a shivalingam and nandi were uprooted and…
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Hindutva goons attack Muslim teens, force them to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Two Muslim teenagers were attacked by the same group of Hindutva goons in the Parbhani district of Maharashtra in two different incidents. https://twitter.com/AzharIND/status/1757006918978027554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1757006918978027554%7Ctwgr%5E7d32c9070592cc0836ec905e7dbef362526839de%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newslaundry.com%2F2024%2F02%2F13%2Ftwo-muslim-teenagers-assaulted-forced-to-chant-jai-shri-ram-by-men-avenging-clash-at-sufi-shrine On February 11, a 19-year-old second-year polytechnic student at…
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Muslim bodies object to compulsory Surya Namaskar in Rajasthan schools
A petition has been filed by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in the Rajasthan High Court seeking a refrain from the compulsory practice of Surya Namaskar in schools, a recent move by the newly…
- India
Family forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, assaulted on train to Mumbai
A Muslim family in Mumbai was reportedly forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by a Hindutva mob during an assault. A horrific 26-second video of the incident, reportedly filmed on January 24,…
- India
UP ATS nabs man for selling Islamic books in Gonda, denies arrest
A bookseller, Irshad alias Sheru, was allegedly arrested by the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) police on Sunday, February 4, for ‘selling religious books’ in Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. Also Read‘Karnataka govt facilitating…
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UP: Cab driver beaten up with hockey sticks for an hour, no arrests yet
A 36-year-old Muslim cab driver was allegedly assaulted with hockey sticks by a violent mob in Uttar Pradesh due to his religious identity. The incident occurred in Meerut’s Daurala town on January…
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Gujarat: Cleric booked for ‘hate speech’, event organisers arrested
Two persons have been arrested by Junagadh police in Gujarat on Saturday, February 3, after a video of an allegedly ‘inflammatory speech’ delivered by a Muslim preacher, went viral on social media.…
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Watch: Sikh man holds umbrella in hailstorm for praying Muslim in Jammu
At a time when disheartening incidents indicating communal disharmony, cultural biases, caste-oriented practices, and the socio-political inequalities occur every day, a heartwarming visual came from Jammu where a Sikh man stands holding…
- Hate Crime
Kin say Muslim youth killed in ‘fake encounter’ with UP cops
Family member of a 23-year-old man, who was reportedly killed in an ‘encounter’ with police in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, have alleged that he was murdered. They alleged that despite filing a complaint,…
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Chhattisgarh man hit by Hindutva mob, no arrests despite police presence
A viral video of a Muslim man screaming for help as his face and hands are covered with blood while being led to a police station by a Hindutva mob in Raipur,…
