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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

Hate as a State project is not a new phenomenon: Survivors 

Webinar organised by the Gauri Memorial Trust, CJP had the country’s leading journalists and activists illustrate how targeted vilification was being supported by inaction

Law should be made against religious conversions: Kejriwal in Punjab

Punjab will go to polls in a single phase on February 20, Kejriwal has projected Aam Aadmi Party as the alternative to Punjab’s incumbent Congress-led government

Karnataka gov’t is “pro Hindu”: V Sunil Kumar 

The Kannada and Culture minister claimed it is the state government that has “has done what BJP has been talking about”

Thanjavur: Villagers submit petition to DC about elements trying to create communal disharmony

Thanjavur District Education Officer’s report on the Sacred Hearts Higher Secondary School states that "in the past 10 years, there have been no complaints from students of the school over religion"

Suresh Chavhanke back on the derailed “UPSC Jihad” fake news train? 

Sudarshan News’ Suresh Chavhanke targeted Jamtara the District Collector Faiz AK Ahmed Mumtaz accusing him, not saluting the national Flag on Republic Day

Why is Hindu Vahini so interested in Guntur’s Jinnah tower now?

The right-wing group's members attempted to communalise Republic Day by trying to 'unfurl the Tricolour' at the tower, but were thwarted by local police who detained them

Condemn Haridwar Dharma Sansad remarks: RSS’ Muslim Wing woos voters for BJP

The Muslim Rashtriya Manch is campaigning for the BJP who the Dharam Sansad hate offenders also support

Uttar Pradesh: Why were communal slogans raised in Ghaziabad?

Ghaziabad district’s 2,899,484 eligible voters residing in five assembly segments: Loni, Muradnagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Modinagar, will cast their vote on February 10

CJP complaints to News18 about its “80 vs 20” communal debate show

The host of the show kept pitching Hindu voters against Muslims and built a narrative that the Opposition parties were against interests of Hindus

Hate Watch: Right-wing twitter gives routine demolition a communal colour

Hindutva supporters continue routine of using ruined temple images to spread Hindu-Muslim hate

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