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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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Brinda Karat asks Police Commissioner to act against communal activity in Shiv Vihar
Non-festive, aggressive processions sloganeering ‘Jai Shri Ram, Har Har Mahadev’ taken out after dark, in sensitive area of North East Delhi
NHRC directs Assam gov’t to pay compensation to hate crime survivor
Shaukat Ali was physically assaulted and forced to eat pork in the run up to general elections last year
Order a judicial probe into Delhi riots: Opposition leaders to President Kovind
Senior Opposition leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind, and demanded judicial probe by sitting or retired Judge
Citizenship crisis being communalised in Assam?
Seven Assistant Government Pleaders from minority community shunted out, replaced with non-Muslims
This ‘investigation’ is a criminal conspiracy by Delhi Police: Activists
Activists demand immediate end to the ‘investigation’ into the February 2020 communal violence and the setting up of a judicial enquiry commission to punish the real culprits and ensure justice
Babri Masjid demolition case: Verdict likely on September 30
The case is separate from the Ayodhya land dispute case, and is being heard by a special CBI court in Lucknow
SC restrains Sudarshan News from telecasting “UPSC Jihad” show, calls it ‘insidious’
The court orally remarked that it was thinking of appointing a committee for suggesting standards for electronic media
Desperate Times Now, desperate measures
Channel broadcasts special show on ‘secret tapes’ using footage from Facebook Live by activists!
Retired civil servants move SC; seek authoritative meaning of ‘hate speech’
The intervention has been filed in a petition that was filed by Firoz Iqbal Khan seeking stay on the broadcast of show “Bindaas Bol” on Sudarshan News
Nine more former police officers dub Delhi violence investigation ‘flawed’
Real culprits of the violence belonging to majority community are likely to go scot free, says the letter
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