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A Conspiracy of Hate: The Aligarh temple graffiti incident
Aligarh Police exposed that the “I Love Muhammad” graffiti on temple walls—first blamed on local Muslims—was a staged act of revenge over a land dispute, emerging amid state-wide crackdowns and communal tension, the case laid bare how personal vendettas can be weaponised to inflame religion and hatred
Hate speeches amplified by television, incited targeted violence against Muslims: CCR Report, Feb ‘20 Delhi riots
Looking at the build-up to the violence, as also the impact and fallout, 2 ½ years after the riots in North East Delhi in February 2020, a Citizens Inquiry Committee of retired judges and civil servants releases its report
Kheda flogging incident: Assailant identified as cop, colleagues helped him beat four men
Incident took place day after stone pelting at a garba event; video of beating went viral on social media
Mob shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram, forcibly enters heritage madrasa on Dussehra, performs puja: Karnataka
A mob, unruly and potentially threatening, participating in a...
Raavan Islamised! Purging the complex Ramayan text evident in attacks by far right on Adipurush
AK Ramanujan’s, Three Hundred Ramayans, extracted from The Collected Essays by the author and published in Communalism Combat in May 2008 (Year 14, No 131) actually told the epic’s spectacular and varied journey through the ages
Uttar Pradesh: Jagran singer asks people to stock up on machetes to fight for Hindu Rashtra
Dharmendra Pandey, while performing at an event in Itwa, Siddharthnagar, also urged women to sharpen their tongs
When Navratri’s joyous Garba dance becomes a garb for exclusion: Gujarat, MP
The extra constitutional moral policing by outfits like the Bajrang Dal(BD) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) all affiliates of the omnipresent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) introduce violence and exclusion in the 9-day festival of dance
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Police walk with sword-wielding right-wing members at rally: Karnataka
Ministers and officials remained evasive with the media on this questionable conduct
Gandhi as “evil” (Mahiasura) is a time-tested narrative for all hues of Hindu communalists
The latest depiction of Mahatma Gandhi as ‘Mahiasura’ at the All India’s Hindu Mahasaha’s puja pandal in Kolkatta is a time-tested narrative of Hindu communalists who, as Teesta Setalvad has writen, regurgitate this narrative portraying Gandhi as different forms of “evil”
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Hindu Mahasabha moves court for survey of Meena Masjid
The mosque stands next to the Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura; next date of hearing is October 26
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A Conspiracy of Hate: The Aligarh temple graffiti incident
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