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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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Gyanvyapi mosque case: Suit filed in Varanasi court for restoration of temple
The suit states that the temple was destroyed in the era of Aurangzeb as it was part of the Gyanvapi mosque
Why does UGC want herds of students to take ‘cow science’ exams?
Vice-chancellors have been told by the University Grants Commission to ‘encourage’ students to write Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog’s ‘cow science’ exam
SC admits CJP’s amendment petition including MP, HP in its Love Jihad plea
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The original petition has challenged the constitutionality of anti-conversion laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Disha Ravi is not a Christian, but what if she were?
For communal right wing trolls, being Christian or Muslim in India, is a crime in itself, the RW 'influencers’ continue to spread their claims even after fact checks
Rinku Sharma’s murder is ‘jihad’: Kapil Mishra
Delhi Police’s crime branch is investigating the case, however Mishra has also called it a “terrorist attack”, asking that the accused be treated like terrorists and hanged
Madhya Pradesh anti-conversion Ordinance challenged in SC
The plea states that the law acts as a juggernaut for hateful, divisive and schismatic propaganda
Uttar Pradesh: Woman burnt alive by family over interfaith love
Victim's father Kailash Yadav, brother Ajit Yadav, brother-in-law Satyaprakash Yadav, among those arrested
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
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