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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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Amravati: Curfew, police lathi charge mark Bandh called by Hindutva groups
This was the second consecutive day a bandh was called in the area; Friday’s bandh was called by Raza Academy and saw stone pelting in many areas
Yati Narsinghanand and his ‘ecosystem of hate’: CJP moves NCM
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The complaint highlights how Yati Narsinghanand, has seemingly created Dasna as a breeding ground for hate where politically-motivated Hindus are trained and manipulated to act against Muslims to disrupt harmony
Violence erupts in Maharashtra after bandh call by Raza Academy
The group had called for a bandh to protest the persecution of Muslims and destruction of mosques in Tripura, but several instances of violence were reported from Amravati, Malegaon and Nanded
CBI authenticated Tehelka sting tapes, but SIT ignored them: Zakia Jafri to SC
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The tapes had right-wing leaders boasting having bombs and brutally killing people; were used to secure convictions in Naroda Patiya massacre case
Madhya Pradesh: NCPCR ‘inspects’ girls hostel run by nuns, alleges conversion
There are five Christian girls and 14 Hindu girls in residence; the Christian children hail from North Eastern states, the rest are from the interior villages of MP and have no proper access to schools back home
SIT was only ‘SIT’ting, not investigating: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP
SIT not only failed to look into aspects like police officials concealing important records, but also readily accepted statements of accused without ‘tracking the footprint’ of such statements
Stop persecution of lawyers, citizens against communalism in Tripura: Citizens and Lawyer’s groups
Nearly 700 citizens have signed an online petition by Nagrik Adhikar Manch and All India Lawyers Union, demanding that Tripura Government “stop communal violence” and “stop persecution of lawyers and citizens against communalism”
Hyderabad-based techie arrested for threating Virat Kohli’s infant with rape
Ramnagesh Srinivas Akubathinihad reportedly changed his Twitter handle and pretended to be a Pakistani user
Communal violence is like lava, leaving ground fertile for revenge: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP
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Petitioners highlight key failures of the SIT investigating the instances listed in the Zakia Jafri case before the Supreme Court during hearing in an SLP demanding an investigation
Meghalaya: Eviction imminent for Dalit Sikh families?
State government acquires land on which Punjabi Lane was built; residents who are sanitation workers and their families to be relocated to staff quarters
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