Communalism

‘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

Violence erupts in Maharashtra after bandh call by Raza Academy

The group had called for a bandh to protest the persecution of Muslims and destruction of mosques in Tripura, but several instances of violence were reported from Amravati, Malegaon and Nanded

CBI authenticated Tehelka sting tapes, but SIT ignored them: Zakia Jafri to SC

The tapes had right-wing leaders boasting having bombs and brutally killing people; were used to secure convictions in Naroda Patiya massacre case

Madhya Pradesh: NCPCR ‘inspects’ girls hostel run by nuns, alleges conversion

There are five Christian girls and 14 Hindu girls in residence; the Christian children hail from North Eastern states, the rest are from the interior villages of MP and have no proper access to schools back home

SIT was only ‘SIT’ting, not investigating: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP

SIT not only failed to look into aspects like police officials concealing important records, but also readily accepted statements of accused without ‘tracking the footprint’ of such statements

Stop persecution of lawyers, citizens against communalism in Tripura: Citizens and Lawyer’s groups

Nearly 700 citizens have signed an online petition by Nagrik Adhikar Manch and All India Lawyers Union, demanding that Tripura Government “stop communal violence” and “stop persecution of lawyers and citizens against communalism”

Communal violence is like lava, leaving ground fertile for revenge: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP

Petitioners highlight key failures of the SIT investigating the instances listed in the Zakia Jafri case before the Supreme Court during hearing in an SLP demanding an investigation

Hate watch: Delhi Police to probe case of man threatening biryani shop worker

Vigilante accused who reportedly introduced himself as Naresh Kumar Suryavanshi, was seen in video spreading communal hate, threatening Muslims but is yet to be arrested

Tripura Police demand suspension of 68 Twitter profiles for comments on communal clashes

Accounts were accused of spreading "distorted" content about the recent communal clashes in the state, some more may have been booked under UAPA

Tripura violence: Hate and communal polarisation

Communal violence has constantly been changing its forms; its agenda is also dynamically changing 

Gurugram: Hindutva leaders conduct Govardhan Puja at namaz site

Group conducted the puja, with Hindutva leaders in attendance at the public spot where they are opposing namaz gathering

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