Communalism

Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Regimes of impunity

Twenty-five years later – No justice for the 1984 survivors

Attempts to give communal turn to blasts in Kerala unsuccessful, 3 cases filed by Kerala Police, CM Vijayan urges restraint & unity

Even after Dominic Martin surrendered to Kerala Police taking responsibility for the blasts, political leaders from BJP backed by right wing trolls spread misinformation, target Kerala government for allowing pro-Palestine protests in the state

Bihar: Clash between two Durga immersion groups, chaotic mobs vandalise and loot neighbouring Muslim-owned shops

An individual, identified as Amit Rastogi, allegedly removed the flag of the other procession, resulting in chaos 

Muslims, victims of targeted violence in Pusesavali, Satara: Fact-finding report

Demanding an impartial probe into the September 10 incidents in western Maharashtra, this detailed report by the Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS), also investigates how a derogatory social media post on Allah was created and used in ‘tit for tat’ tactics to further communal polarisation; on September 15, citizens of Mumbai and Maharashtra had demanded compensation for Nurul Hassan Shikalgar and a judicial probe; Satara police had found that the August 2023 social media post attributed to a young Muslim was posted by another

UP: Muslim man dies after he was beaten by a mob following a bike accident

Police state that investigation has begun and suspects are being interrogated

Anatomy of Violence in the Hitherto peaceful Nuh

Part II of the Nuh fact finding report, Anatomy of Violence in the Hithero peaceful Nuh, undertaken by the Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism

Jaunpur UP: Jeevan Jyoti Church demolished citing “illegal construction on government land”

Cost incurred of Rs 2 lakh 83 thousand for the demolition to be given by the operators of the Church themselves; Christian minorities feel targeted

Hate Speeches on the rise in UP and Uttarakhand

From the CM to small events by the VHP and Bajrang Dal, the Sangh Parivar's nexus that is polarising India through hate speech continues its venomous assault against the nation's social fabric.

UP: Another teacher asks student to slap classmate, complaint lodged

Reports of a communal incident of another teacher asking a student to beat a Hindu student has come to light in Uttar Pradesh. The accused has been arrested.

Hindutva mob beats up teacher inside school for teaching diversity

Another harrowing incident of mob rule emerges from Gujarat, after a private school teacher was beaten for allegedly making students perform namaz as part of an awareness activity

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