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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

What will Waseem Rizvi gain by antagonising the Muslim community?

The ex-Chairman of the Shia Waqf Board has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking ‘removal’of 26 verses of the Quran

Two Chief Ministers, one vision: Ram Rajya

UP CM Adityanath says secularism biggest threat to India's tradition on global stage; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says Ram Rajya is the best

Have the RW’s “land jihad” claims been busted?

News reports suggest that, contrary to media claims, a very small percent of land was allotted to Muslim community in the Hindu-majority Jammu region under the Roshni Act

Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court issues notice

Petition had been filed to remove the Gyanvapi mosque from the site of the Kashi-Vishwanath temple

20 years after they were destroyed, Bamiyan Buddha resurrected virtually

Taliban had destroyed the historical treasures in 2001, in Afghanistan's Bamiyan valley as the world watched in horror

Deliberate attempt to communalise Assam assembly elections?

Doctored video of AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal shows him making communal statements, goes viral in poll-bound state

Muzaffarnagar riots: Case closed against BJP MLA accused of circulating inflammatory video

The closure report was filed by SIT and the complainant, a cop, was killed in a mob attack in 2018  

MP Assembly passes ‘anti-love Jihad’ law by voice vote

Reportedly, the law was passed amidst continued opposition from the Congress

Haryana: RTI reply reveals four ‘love jihad’ cases, no conviction over three years  

Out of the four cases, two were cancelled by the Police, a third was acquitted by a court and the fourth case is pending

Every citizen of India is Hindu, or so claims UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath makes claims all Indians are “Hindu” while accusing the Congress party of indulging in divisive politics in Kerala.

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