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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

A fair media can defang intolerance

There is a strong voice of moderates from within Muslim ranks that can be properly channelised by the media to give a rounded assessment of Islamic issues

Lovely Professional University professor allegedly sacked over opinion on Hindu deity

Professor Gursang Preet Kaur was accused of using derogatory words against Lord Ram; right-wing demanded sacking, LPU obliged

How is the Assam gov’t allowing Pravin Togadia’s trishul distribution?

Togadia team are openly distributing weapons, administering anti-Muslim oaths, telling people this makes them “brave” and “protectors of the Hindu faith”

UP priest booked for playing Hanuman Chalisa outside mosque

The priest from Jalaun, UP responded to MNS Chief Raj Thackeray’s call for playing Hanuman Chalisa outside masjids

Evolution of Bulldozer Injustice

Different political regimes have used bulldozers to crush the homes and hopes of the voiceless and the marginalized

Speak out against the politics of hate: JJM

Tribal rights group condemns the communal attacks and attacks on Muslims in Jharkhand and India alike

Khargone: Five arrested for Ibraish Khan’s murder 

Ibraish Khan, alias Saddam was missing for days, before his body was identified, family accuse police of cover up

Jamia Millia Islamia students protest Jahangirpuri demolitions

They demand that the municipal corporation be held responsible, and victims be compensated

Eye witness account from the broken heart of Jahangirpuri

Amir Sherwani, walks through the rubble of what was once the safe haven of scores of poor people Hindus and Muslims

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