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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
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Bhopal: Bajrang Dal goons vandalise web show set, throw ink at director Prakash Jha
The group claimed the show was an assault on Hinduism; they chased some crew members down, allegedly beating one of them
Aamir Khan: Surviving in the regime’s crosshairs
Over the years, Khan has become the favourite whipping-boy for right-wing trolls, drawing flak for everything ranging from his views on rehabilitation of people displaced due to the Narmada dam, to his remark on intolerance, to marrying and divorcing two Hindu women, to finally the new Ceat Tyres commercial
Tripura: Right-wing mobs vandalise mosques in response to the attack on minority Hindus in Bangladesh
Section 144 has been imposed in the state and some Muslim families have been forced to flee their homes
Survey of Churches, anti conversion laws only empower radical mobs: Archbishop Peter Machado
In an exclusive interview to SabrangIndia's Karuna John, Archbishop Peter Machado speaks about the dangerous implications of the proposed survey of Christians and an anti-conversion law
South Asian peace activists express solidarity with Bangladesh
The group has urged the Government of Bangladesh to reconstruct all places of worship, provide compensation to those affected
BJP MP says Aamir Khan’s CEAT Tyres Diwali ad hurts Hindu sentiments
In the ad Aamir Khan is seen advising against bursting crackers on roads and BJP MP points out that namaz is also performed by blocking roads
Furfura Sharif cleric Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui adds fuel to communal fire
Siddiqui’s hate speech against those who allegedly placed a Quran at a Durga Puja pandal in Bangladesh is a call to violence
Chhattisgarh: A dead woman’s ‘ghar wapsi’ before final rites were allowed
Family of a deceased tribal Christian woman was made to “re convert’ her before village allowed her last rites
UP: Two injured during Buddhist-Sanatan clashes
The pilgrimage area is a long-disputed land between the two religious groups
Will Karnataka soon enact a tough “anti-conversion law”?
Karnataka’s legislative committee on backward classes and minority welfare is likely to soon launch its “survey of churches”
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