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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

Mangaluru: Protests by Hindutva groups force College to cancel naming park after Stan Swamy

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and others submitted a memorandum to Mangaluru deputy commissioner, police commissioner, college management opposing the name 

Chhattisgarh: Curfew in Kawardha town following communal clashes

Over dozen including police personnel injured, 25 detained, police resort to lathicharge after a Hindutva mob of nearly 3,000 people marched with swords, lathis

MP: Dargah blown up, allegedly by Hindutva mob

A Muslim shrine was vandalised in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka: Beheaded Muslim man’s mother names Hindutva activists, girl’s father

Arbaz Aftab Mullah, a 24-year-old youth was found decapitated on the railway tracks in Belagavi on September 28

Mob attacks Roorkee church, multiple attacks reported from other states

Uttarakhand police book 200 people for allegedly vandalising a Church on Sunday, more attacks reported from across the country

Hate Watch: Communal hatred spread at Rajghat on October 2?

Professor Vipin K Tripathi, a renowned Gandhian, witnessed hate speech by a retired professor allegedly fueling anti-Muslim, anti farmer sentiments

Jantar Mantar case: Hate monger Pinky Chaudhary granted bail

He and other accused had allegedly called for the slaughter of Muslims during a rally on August 8

Hate Watch: Twitter influencer Mahesh Vikram Hegde shares anti-namaz video

Gurugram Police debunk claim saying this that the Namaz spot, like some others, was mutually agreed on by both Hindu and Muslim communities 

Hate Watch: Police debunk Panchjanya Editor’s communally dangerous claim

Muslim residents of Noor Nagar have moved HC to protect temple complex from any damage, demolition

Mathura: Three arrested after being ‘rescued’ from cow vigilantes 

The two Muslim men were thrashed by right wing cow vigilantes, then arrested along with their driver who is a Hindu

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