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Bihar: Mob forces woman to remove niqab, apply sindoor on forehead
Bihar: A Muslim woman was harassed and forced to remove her niqab by a group of Hindutva supporters after she was spotted with a Hindu man in Bihar’s Nawada district. It did…
- Hate Crime
HC stays deportation of Indian man accused of being Bangladeshi
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday, July 6, stayed the deportation of a Muslim man who was accused of being a Bangladeshi national after he claimed that he was wrongfully identified…
- Hate Crime
Bajrang Dal accuses family of converting house into mosque
Dehradun: Members of Bajrang Dal confronted a Muslim man following Friday namaz on July 3 and accused him of converting his home into a mosque in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district. Mohammad Idris…
- India
Two months after arrest, TCS case accused Nida Khan granted bail
Nashik: A local court on Monday, July 5, granted bail to TCS employee Nida Khan in one of the alleged sexual harassment and religious conversion cases at the software company’s unit at…
- India
Driver says he faced Islamophobia from Kanpur Traffic Police
Kanpur: An e-auto rickshaw driver faced Islamophobia allegedly at the hands of Kanpur Traffic police personnel, claiming he was called ‘katua’ and a pig. Auto driver Mohammed Danish said in a video,…
- Hate Crime
UP hate crime: Hindutva workers force man to kneel before calf
Barabanki: A Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district was allegedly forced by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes to kneel before a calf as an act of religious devotion, after they accused him of…
- Hate Crime
Kerala: Hindutva leader RV Babu booked for Islamophobic post
Kochi: Hindu Aikya Vedi president RV Babu has been booked for allegedly making defamatory and communally provocative remarks in a social media post against the Muslim community by linking them to drug…
- Hate Crime
Uttarakhand: Bajrang Dal, VHP claim to find ‘illegal’ madrasa
Chamoli: Members of the right-wing Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad raised allegations that a madrasa was being illegally operated in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district after entering a house where a child was…
- Hate Crime
Students can’t be forced to recite prayers in govt schools: HC
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday, July 2, held that no child in government schools can be forced to recite Hindu prayers, dismissing a petition challenging a State government order. Justice Amitendra Kishore…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Wonderla fires employee who made Islamophobic remark
Hyderabad: Wonderla has relieved the employee who made Islamophobic remarks to a group of Muslim men and expressed regret over the incident. “We deeply regret the incident that occurred involving a member…
- India
MP HC orders protection for Judge Tabassum in lynching case
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of news reports about communal threats issued against an Additional District and Sessions Judge who had sentenced a group of cow vigilantes…
- Hate Crime
Communal clash in Delhi over flag raised during Muharram
New Delhi: Communal tension erupted in Delhi’s Sagarpur with Hindutva organisations seen openly threatening Muslims and reciting Hanuman chalisa following a controversy during Muharram over a “Pakistani flag.” According to reports, on…
- India
Places of Worship Act doesn’t bar land acquisition of mosques: HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday, July 2, held that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, protects the religious character of places of worship but does not bar the state…
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This is not Pakistan: Cyberabad cop accused of communal slur
Hyderabad: A traffic constable with the Cyberabad Police has been accused of hurling communal abuse at a Muslim woman and her teenage son during a dispute over a parked motorcycle in Gachibowli, in…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Wonderla visitors face Islamophobic slur, slam management
Hyderabad: A group of Muslim men faced Islamophobia from the staff in Hyderabad’s Wonderla Amusement Park. A video of the incident was uploaded by one of them, Anas Mirza, who had gone…
