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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
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Jamia attack anniversary: Arundhati Roy compares CAA-NRC with Hitler’s Nuremberg law
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Bashing Christians in India
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Gujarat: Why was a Christian ashram accused of conversion even after enquiry found nothing amiss?
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Hate Watch: Did VHP head call Indian Muslims “4th stage cancer”?
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Hate Watch: Man loses Panchayat election, forces Dalit voter to lick spit!
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