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Hate speech spirals to a 7-day high, Muslims & Christians the target

Assam, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand are overrun with anti-Muslim (and anti-Christian) vitriol, with speakers escaping prosecution

Mira Road police file suo moto FIR against hate monger Kajal Hindustani; no arrest yet

This FIR is pertaining to a speech that had caused furore among the locals and other citizens, making Kajal a notorious hate offender

Dalit History Month: A compilation of must read books about Dalit oppression, marginalisation and their resistance

A curated list of some of the best books to understand the struggles and hardships faced by the Dalit community since time immemorial, and their revolutions that shaped the history of India

Hindutva’s growing intolerance over gathering for Eid in society

Incidents like booking Muslims for offering namaaz on the road, school authorities booked for celebrating Eid have come to the fore.

Operation Samadhan-Prahar & the Changing Nature of Indian State

Operation Samadhan-Prahar is a relatively new initiative of the union government of India, propagated as an effort to “combat Maoist insurgency in the tribal...

Did the RSS want Partition? An interview with Dr DR Goyal for Communalism Combat, October 1994

In this interview for Communalism Combat, 29 years ago, Dr DR Goyal, a member of the organization in his youth explains why he left and how poisonous RSS propaganda accelerated the movement for Pakistan

Amidst Strong Opposition, Tamil Nadu Withholds Factories Act

Trade unions held spontaneous protests in many parts of the state against amendments to the Factories Act. The meeting of all trade unions gave a call for strike on May 12.

Trees felled in Aarey at 5am amidst heavy police deployment

This move comes as a result of permission being granted by the Supreme Court to the MMRCL to fell 177 tress

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Over 180 attacks were reported across India, with a concentration in five northern and central states—Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Of these, 66 incidents (36.66%) can be directly linked to hate crimes justified as ‘revenge’ for the Pahalgam attack. This unique visualisation report by CJP presents post-Pahalgam (April 22) hate crime data in a new, accessible format

The contested interpretation of the Immigrant Expulsion from Assam Act, 1950

The IEAA, 1950, the Foreigners Act, 1946 and orders thereto have to be read harmoniously with Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955: the former is a mere means of identification to be followed by adjudication by Foreigner’s Tribunals; hence the Supreme Court had emphasised following due process on the issue of deportation

Right-wing outfits and NCP MLA’s protest led to dismissal of 114 Muslim workers at Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra

In Ahmednagar’s Shri Shani Shingnapur temple, 114 Muslim workers were among 167 dismissed by the Shri Shaneshwar Devasthan trust. While the reasons cited were alleged disciplinary lapses it is no coincidence that right-wing groups—Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), Sakal Hindu Samaj (SHS), and an MLA belonging to the NCP—had earlier protested and demanded the removal of Muslim employees at temple, claiming temple donations serve ‘Hindu causes’ and that the ‘sanctity of temple’ would be marred; following dismissals, these groups hailed the action, while the temple trust denied religious bias
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