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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Karnataka becomes fifth BJP-ruled state to introduce Anti-Conversion Bill

The Bill tabled in the Assembly appears to be more stringent than the laws passed in other BJP-ruled states so far as it provides for longer terms of imprisonment and higher monetary penalties; was torn into pieces by the Opposition

Gurgaon Namaz Disruption: Why are Liberal Hindus Silent?

And where is the scholar politician who educated us about the difference between Hindutva and Hinduism?

Gurugram namaz issue reaches SC, even as Hindutva groups continue to harass Muslims

Contempt petition filed in the Supreme Court by a former MP, Mohammad Adeeb, against Haryana Government for its failure to stop ‘fringe’ elements from disrupting Friday namaz

Jamia attack anniversary: Arundhati Roy compares CAA-NRC with Hitler’s Nuremberg law

Interestingly this meet was on a day when Jamia Millia Islamia got an A++ rank in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) review

Bashing Christians in India

The divisive agenda is clearly to polarise sections of the majority community against the Christians

Targeting Christian community not a new phenomenon in Karnataka: PUCL report  

Report traces history and evolution of Hate Crimes against Christians in the state where right-wing vigilantes are given a virtual carte blance to unleash violence and terror upon minorities

Gujarat: Why was a Christian ashram accused of conversion even after enquiry found nothing amiss?

An FIR was lodged in this regard under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act at Makarpura police station based on a complaint by District Social Defence Officer Mayank Trivedi

Hate Watch: Did VHP head call Indian Muslims “4th stage cancer”?

Ravindra Narayan Singh said Partition was a ‘cancer’ now in its ‘fourth stage’ adding there was ‘no such thing as Ganga-Jamuni tahzeeb’

Carry swords to protect cows: Sadhvi Saraswati

The VHP leader's bizarre advice to Hindus in Karnataka follows Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's announcement that the BJP will bring laws “that are good for the people and in the larger interest of society”

Karnataka’s Right-Wing groups most active against Christians ahead of State Assembly meet 

Right wing mob sets Christian books ablaze in Kolar, in Belagavi man enters church armed with a machete; Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hints that draft “anti-conversion bill” may be approved by cabinet

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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions