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Bidar, Karnataka: Two school teachers assaulted in Karnataka’s Bidar, triggering communal tensions

Two accused, unnamed by the police attacked two Muslim teachers at Basavakalyan in Karnataka’s Bidar district leading to widespread protests by the community

Sections of media add communal fuel to Rinku Sharma murder

Some have started spreading ‘information’ that Sharma was killed because he was a Hindu, a BJP and VHP  volunteer

Disruptors threaten and abuse interfaith couples on Zoom press conference

At an event organised by Dhanak to celebrate love and choice, some disruptors cast slurs at Muslim men and issued rape/death threats

Madhya Pradesh: 23 cases filed under ‘Love Jihad’ Ordinance in January

The Freedom of Religion Ordinance received the Governor’s assent on January 9 and prohibits religious conversion by marriage

Hindu Nationalism: From genesis to present ruling dispensation

Its origin can be traced back to the Colonial period

Delhi Court denies bail to accused in Suleman murder case

Suleman Yusuf was brutally murdered by an alleged riotous mob during the Delhi Riots last year

Rakhbar Khan case: District court refuses to transfer mob lynching trial

The victim’s mother has said that she has no trust in the current trial as the accused openly told her that case will be decided in their favour

Notice publication under SMA to verify credibility of persons: Centre to Delhi HC

A plea filed in the Delhi High Court has sought the setting aside of some Special Marriage Act provisions as it violates privacy

Are low numbers of Communal Riots in 2020 a mere deception?

Excerpts from a report that appeared in Secular Perspective (February 1-15, 2021)

Delhi riots accused granted bail as eye witness account recorded after “humongous delay”

The court held that the accused should be granted bail on the ground of parity as well since other accused were released by Delhi High Court.

Don’t need Miya Muslim vote: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam’s Health, Education and Finance Minister calls Muslims “very communal” and says they aspire to distort Assamese culture

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