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‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Marry Hindu men to avoid triple talaq: Suresh Chavhanke’s advice to Muslim women

Says this way they won't have to become baby making factories, and their children will not grow up to become terrorists

MP tourism minister recommends IDs for entry to garba venues

Raises alarm over possibility of “Love Jihad”, suggests IDs be checked before permitting entry

Bilkis Bano case: SC orders copies of impleading petition to be given to convicts, State of Gujarat

Petitions filed by Subhashini Ali, Revathi Laul and Prof. Roop Rekha Verma, and another by Mahua Moitra; case adjourned for three weeks

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt denied temple entry over Kapoor’s 11-year-old interview about eating beef

Ticket sales for their upcoming movie through the roof even though some seers support Bajrang Dal, VHP for stopping them

‘Astonishing’, Need White Paper on Remission in Bilkis Bano: Justice Madan Lokur

The former justice of the Supreme Court says how the remission came about needs to be closely examined.

Nearly 9,000 people participate in signature campaign to demand justice for Bilkis Bano

Feminist groups had sent 8,320 signatures to the Supreme Court Chief Justice on Tuesday; now with 630 new signatures, the tally is now close to 9,000 and growing

Bilkis Bano case: Convicts’ whereabouts unknown even as SC prepares to hear petitions challenging remission of sentences

Meanwhile, lawyer of convicts claims Centre enabled grant of remission of sentences to 11 convicts

Attempt to Destroy Gujarat Riots Legal Trail: Arundathi Roy

The Booker winner condemned the release of 11 rapists of Bilkis Bano while paying tributes to journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who was murdered 5 years ago.

Sikh cricket player dubbed “Khalistani” for dropping catch

Right-wing trolls and even some accounts based in Pakistan used the term

Gurugram: University students protest African group offering namaaz on football field

Students also demand separate plates for veg and non-veg

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Karnataka Form 7 Row: 91,278 deletion requests and bulk filing complaints—where was the ECI’s check?

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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

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Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

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Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.