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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

Latehar lynching case: Jharkhand HC dismissed plea for convict’s suspension of sentence

Awadhesh Sao had been convicted in the lynching of a cattle trader and an 11-year-old boy

CJP moves petition against “Love Jihad” laws in SC

Human Rights group calls the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh laws surrounding inter-faith marriages, un-constitutional and anti-women; demands they be struck down

They tortured me, gave me injections, I fear I have miscarried: Pinki, victim of anti ‘Love Jihad’ law

The 22-year-old is still suffering, even as husband, brother-in-law remain in jail; cops say will seek ‘legal opinion on case’

Delhi riots: Court grants bail to Muslim man accused of lynching fellow Muslim

The accused was also missing from CCTV footage of the attack, where there was delay in filing FIR

Devangana Kalita creating ‘narrative to show’ that Kapil Mishra was behind riots: Delhi Police

Delhi Police thinks student activist Devangana Kalita has enough social media influence and power to create a narrative to blame well known politician Kapil Mishra for North East Delhi communal riots?

Gumla lynching case accused moves Jharkhand HC for bail

One Adivasi man was killed and three injured in the April 2019 mob attack

Derogatory remarks against Islam create communal tension in Assam

AAMSU compelled to register case against RSS leader

Political ideology of BJP: Pragya Singh Thakur

It is likely that she may be pressured once again to withdraw these utterances of hers’, but it is not just incidental that what she says is the part of deeper understanding of sectarian nationalists

“Temple restoration” suits on the rise; what about the Places of Worship Act?

The law was passed in the aftermath of the Babri dispute in 1991, to protect all other places of worship. But these suits akin to the Ayodhya land dispute are being entertained despite a law in place

New anti-cattle slaughter bill bane for Karnataka farmers?

The Opposition has demanded for the withdrawal of the bill as it will increase the cattle feeding cost for farmers, and adversely impact the leather industry workers

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