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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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Media coverage on Covid-19, anti-CAA protests, prejudiced: Report
Campaign Against Hate Speech’s report finds reportage laden with gender and religious stereotypes
CJP moves NBSA against India Today’s communal sting operation on Madrasas
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The complaint was filed against a sting operation run by the channel while drawing links to the Tablighi Jamaat incident which was largely pegged as being a conspiracy for spread of Covid-19 in India
Centre issues show cause notice to Sudarshan News; SC seeks report
The apex court assured the parties that the Centre’s decision in exercise of tis executive power will not finally decide the case
Didn’t give speech, told police about dharna plan: Delhi police chargesheet believes Kapil Mishra
Riot chargesheet states Mishra’s reply that he “didn’t give” a provocative speech, but instead was informing cops about holding a dharna
Communal violence was to uproot elected govt: Delhi police riots chargesheet
Final chargesheet alleges a “conspiracy” by handful of activists, students ‘planning’ over whatsapp etc, an “engineered, vicious and visceral communal violence”
‘UPSC Jihad’ is prime example of virulent Islamophobia: Petitioner in Sudarshan News case
The petitioner filed a rejoinder to the counter affidavit filed by Sudarshan News, and stated that the channel failed to address the statements made in the show which amount to hate speech
Hate speech demeans a community’s right to live with dignity: Jamia students in SC
These students had earlier approached the Delhi High Court and had managed to get a stay in August on broadcast of the show
Why are retired IPS officers attacking Julio Ribeiro for seeking fair probe into Delhi riots?
Another 26 retired IPS officers write to oppose Ribeiro’s letter to Delhi Police commissioner asking him to probe riots investigation
Tablighi Jamaat members attacked in Beed
Verbally abused, beards and skull caps pulled, minority community members recall being beaten within an inch of their lives
Kashi- Mathura: Will temple politics be revived?
Having milked the Ayodhya dispute dry for electoral gains, the right-wing is scrambling to find its nex target
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