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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

Is Kapil Mishra raising a private Hindutva army?

The controvertial BJP leader from Delhi says he's building a ‘Hindu Ecosystem’; imagine if a Muslim, Christian, Sikh politican had said something similar?

Madhya Pradesh may table anti ‘Love jihad’ bill in State Assembly soon!

The communal bogey ‘Love Jihad’, created by right wing groups, got recognised by Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments which may bring in a law to check it

Amnesty International raises concern about France’s counter-terror measures

In light of France’s recent fame as a defender of free-speech, human rights organisation Amnesty International questions the country’s enforcement of free-speech laws towards its Muslim citizens.

Love Jehad as Violent Metaphor

Image: Manisha Yadav / Scroll.inOctober 6, 1998 was a...

Prashant Patel Umrao still spinning fake news on Twitter

From horror stories of Muslims conspiring against India to explanations of women falsely claiming harassment, advocate Umrao’s hate-ridden twitter feed is full of communal hate

Krishna Janmabhoomi: Plea in Allahabad HC to remove Idgah Mosque

The plea seeks to hand over land to Hindus to freely practise their religion under Article 25 of the Constitution

Kolkata police file an FIR against fake news repeat offender Madhu Kishwar

Kishwar first issues issues apology, then back-peddles to say that though she mis-identified the location as Kolkata instead of Dhaka, the video itself wasn't fake

Deepak Chaurasia: Spewing communal hate on social media

Known for his growing anti-Muslim debates on National television, Deepak Chaurasia has now come up with Conversion Jihad!

Hindutva goons continue threatening Muslim fire-cracker shop owners in MP!

Digvijaya Singh has demanded that the district administration take action; wants PM to make a law forbidding use of pictures of gods of any religion on firecrackers

The Secular onslaught on the Muslim public psyche

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