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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

Muslim boy had come to do “recce”: Yati Narsinghanand 

The 10-year-old had wandered into the temple as he was new to the area, and didn't understand the "consequences" this could have had for someone from his religion 

Hate Watch: Vigilante groups misuse Navratri as an excuse to spread communal unrest

Navratri festivities are coming to a close, but for the hate mongering right-wing vigilante groups these last days are the time where their hate attacks peak

No Garba for non-Hindus: Right-wing in MP

While in Ratlam, posters have been put up denying entry to non-Hindus, in Indore Muslim boys were picked up from college-organised garba event on allegations of “love jihad”

Uttar Pradesh: Who are these Hindutva mobs prowling the streets, targeting minorities?

Over a dozen were targeted on Sunday, including two nuns, mobs accused them of conversion, thrashed, and marched them to police station

Gujarat: Mob brutally attacks two teenage Madrasa students on a busy road

The teenagers were beaten up after being identified as Muslim due to their attire, they are badly injured and hospitalised

Indore: Police file FIR against Muslim family that was attacked ‘for not leaving village’ 

Madhya Pradesh, is witnessing the targeting of poor, lesser educated, Muslims, especially in the interior areas, says SC advocate Ehtesham Hashmi 

Hate Watch: Was Sri Rama Sena Hindustan member allegedly paid Rs 5 lakh to kill Arbaaz? 

Belagavi police arrested 10 people, including Pundalik Mutgekar, a member of the Sri Rama Sena Hindustan and Arbaz’s girlfriend's parents

Chhattisgarh: Abhishek Singh son of ex-CM Raman Singh booked for rioting along with BJP PM Santosh Pandey 

They also allegedly participated in a communal rally calling for violence against Muslims in Kawardha

Delhi: After defacing Akbar Road signboard, goons flee at the sight of cops

Police have registered an FIR; the area falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and is a high security zone 

CJP approaches NCM over church vandalisation across the country

Multiple churches in Uttarakhand, UP, MP, Chhattisgarh have been attacked over the past one week  

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