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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India
From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions
The Kerala Story: now claims of true story of only 3 girls?
After a severe backlash and prize money announced for proving claims of conversion of 32,000 girls, the film makers have done a U-turn and claim the movie is based on stories of only 3 girls
Maharashtra Govt GR on inter-religious marriages based on prejudicial assumptions, target women & vulnerable groups: Rights groups
Four petitioners, Citizens for Justice & Peace (CJP), People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Maharashtra, Forum Against the Oppression of Women (FAOW) and Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) have together challenged the Maharashtra government GR setting up a Committee to monitor inter-faith marriages and moreover, the untested justification for the move which is “1 lakh cases of love jihad in the state,” as stated by minister for women and child development, Mangal Prabhat Lodha in the assembly
The Kerala Story: a movie with preposterous claims peppered with Islamophobia
The movie’s teaser and trailer has met with much criticism from all fronts accusing the director-producers for making outrageous claims about conversions and women “joining the ISIS”
Another Sudhir Chaudhary show under the scanner for using the term ‘Mazaar Jihad’
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CJP, has in its complaint stated that the show misrepresented facts since a forests department survey revealed that there were more temples than mazaars in the forest areas of Uttarakhand
Kalicharan Maharaj, booked over Islamophobic and provocative speech made almost 80 days ago at Baramati rally
Vikas Mahadev Devkate, the rally's organiser, has been booked alongside Kalicharan, sections 153A and 505(2) IPC invoked
Hate speech spirals to a 7-day high, Muslims & Christians the target
Assam, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand are overrun with anti-Muslim (and anti-Christian) vitriol, with speakers escaping prosecution
Mira Road police file suo moto FIR against hate monger Kajal Hindustani; no arrest yet
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This FIR is pertaining to a speech that had caused furore among the locals and other citizens, making Kajal a notorious hate offender
Hindutva’s growing intolerance over gathering for Eid in society
Incidents like booking Muslims for offering namaaz on the road, school authorities booked for celebrating Eid have come to the fore.
Kajal Hindustani booked by Vashi police for delivering anti-Muslim hate speech on February 26
The FIR has been filed by Maharashtra Salokha Samiti, sections 153A, 153B, 295A and 505 of the IPC have been invoked
Vlogger Assaulted by BJP Leaders for Video on Eid: Tripura
'NewsClick' reported once the video appeared on social media, the vlogger, Bapan Nandi, was summoned by BJP leaders. Reportedly, a woman BJP leader asked him why he “demeaned” his Hindu origins by acting like a Muslim youth in the Eid video
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