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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

South Delhi municipal school says no “religious attire” but okays turbans

The hijab row sparked by right-wing elements in Karnataka has now reached all the way to national capital Delhi

Hate Offender: Raghvendra Pratap Singh

An incumbent MLA from Domariyaganj, Singh is hoping for re election and appears to behaves more like a ‘dabang’ or local strongman; his words communal, and tone allegedly threatening  

Bajrang Dal members assault Muslim family in Assam

A retired school teacher’s beard was pulled, his wife and daughter suffered injuries, little granddaughter was left traumatised!

First they came for the hijab, then they came for the turban; what is next on the list?

Bengaluru college asks Sikh girl to remove turban, following High Court interim ruling on the matter 

Muslim man allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes in Bihar, why is CM silent?

Victim, Mohammad Khaleel Alam, was reportedly a JDU member, his body was later burnt and the accused claimed it was to send a message

Shivamogga: 20 injured in violence during Bajrang Dal member’s funeral

Vehicles were set on fire and public property destroyed when miscreants resorted to stone-pelting

Karnataka: Bajrang Dal member killed, cops refute links to hijab row

BJP leaders blame Muslim community but police suspect an internal disagreement among youths

Has Gujarat BJP been taken to task for its anti-Muslim ‘caricature’ yet?

The offensive tweet posted after the verdict in the Ahmedabad blast case; deleted after thousands of objections, Instagram clean up follows

Kolkata: Student unions protest the alleged murder of activist Anis Khan

Khan had alerted police that his life was in danger, and was allegedly killed on Friday night

Hate Offender:  BJP MLA  . Raja Singh threatens Uttar Pradesh’s Hindu voters

ECI allows T Raja Singh more time to respond to a show cause notice for electoral misconduct

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