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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

Kajal Hindusthani, Kapil Mishra, amongst others, target Muslim religious minorities, calls for their “erasure” and “Ghar Wapasi” unchallenged

These hate speeches were made at the “Hindu conclave”, organised by Digital Hindu Bhopal, a convention of Madhya Pradesh (MP)’s supremacist social media influencers held to further Hindutva agenda of establishing Hindu Rashtra

Cow vigilantism continues with impunity in northern states of India

Every month incidents of cow vigilantism are reported from the northern parts of the country, guilty rarely punished

MP, UP: incidents of hate, intolerance and violence against Muslims reported from both states

Targeting of religious minorities continue, in one shocking incident the police reportedly beat up Muslim locals who had called them for help

Bilkis Bano gang rape convict shares stage with BJP MP, MLA: Gujarat

On the day before the Supreme Court of India is set to hear a batch of petitions challenging the premature release of all 11 convicts by the Gujarat government on March 27, an elected representative of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shares a stage with gang rape convict

Weaponsing religious processions, demolishing minority homes, a nadir in breakdown of rule of law: Report

“Routes of Wrath: Weaponsiing Religious Processions (Communal Violence during Ram Navmi-april 2022) analyses the countrywide Ram Navmi-Hanuman Jayanti processions of April May 2022

Family of Momeen, arrested for posting whatsapp status for Aurangzeb, forced to leave village

Till now, three complaints have been filed by people with far-right ideologies and belonging to Hindtuva groups

Gujarat: Kajal Hindusthani arrested, sent to judicial custody, booked for delivering anti-Muslim hate speech

Hindusthani has been criss-crossing the country delivering doses of hate from Maharashtra to New Delhi; delivers speech asking Hindus to take up arms in New Delhi even after being first “booked” in Gujarat

Beaten on suspicion of car theft in Etawah, UP, Muslim youth Amjad joins a list of such victims

Over the past three years, incidents of these kinds have surfaced and repeated in several parts of the state with impunity

Saffron Bigotry threatens Muslim existence in India

Brazen mobilizations by hate driven outfits, unchecked by law enforcement and the state have generated fear in the Muslim community, a fear that has turned inwards into more restrictions for Muslim women

New Year brings little cheer, Chavhanke’s hate diatribe in Maharashtra continues

Speaking at Nashik on March 22, he went on ceaselessly spreading disinformation about both Muslims and Christians

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