Hate & Harmony

The bid to erase Muslim graves is political theatre, denying dignity in death and casting an entire community as the perpetual 'other'

Both with the majority community and even among minorities, recent online campaigns, women who have exercised autonomy have become a particular target; normal, mixed social interactions, modes of dress, and inter-faith interaction are made to appear as breaches of community standards. The CJP Team has noted and analysed these tendencies that have also become aggressive and violent against minority Muslim women. Apart from all else, these actions that are clearly supported by a collective and organised group constitute a clear violation of fundamental rights as enshrined in Articles 14, 15, 19(1)(a), and 21 of the Constitution

Hate speech primes state machinery to criminalise citizens as outsiders and justify unlawful deportations.

Ganesh Chaturthi, once a symbol of shared community celebration, was exploited this year by hard-line groups across India to amplify anti-Muslim and anti-Christian rhetoric, transforming a festival of harmony into a tool of exclusion

Over 50 workers and several shopkeepers’ face job loss in Sheetla Mata Bazaar as Eklavya Singh Gaud directs traders to remove Muslim employees, citing “love jihad”; police inaction fuels fears of targeted communal displacement

From two corners of India, Muslim men stepped forward to give abandoned Hindu women a dignified farewell, with no camera, no politics—just love—they performed last rites like true sons, reminding us that compassion still rises above creed, caste, or faith

Civil society leaders raise alarm over continued attacks on Christians in CM’s own constituency in Rajasthan after the passage of the Anti-Conversion Bill, demanding accountability, arrests of Bajrang Dal members, and protection for religious minorities

Aligarh Imam Mustakeem was attacked by a group of youth who allegedly demanded he chant a Hindu slogan, after refusing, he says he was beaten for over an hour and told to leave the country, police deny any communal motive

The NUJS sexual harassment ruling reveals how rigid limitation rules can silence survivors while branding the accused without trial.

As Navratri begins, joy meets judgment with Aadhaar checks, tilaks, and demands for Muslim entry bans, festival grounds are turning into sites of exclusion