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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

Reflections on My Young Neighbour Who Felt Its OK to Kill Junaid

In the Name of Junaid?"Fear of intrusion by the...

Hindutva’s Hypocrisy over Heritage Tag to Ahmedabad

Rampaging mobs destroyed 272 Muslim religio-cultural spaces in the...

Who Ate Beef in Ancient India? Historian DN Jha Answers

Professor D. N. Jha speaks on the myth of...

Walk the Talk, Mr PM, Bring in the MASUKA

Celebrity Actor Swara Bhaskar’s Online Petition in support of...

How Social Media, TV Use Fake News: Basirhat Riots

The scourge of fake news and photoshop is upon...

Israel slams UNESCO World Heritage decision on Hebron as Palestinians celebrate 12-3 vote in favor

Ibrahim Mosque. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia)The UN Educational, Cultural and...

Two Hate Attacks, Two Different Responses: USA , India

In Portland, US, white co-passengers heroically came to the...

Dietary Politics in Modi’s India

The beef taboo is modern and has little to...

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