Hate & Harmony

‘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

Chhattisgarh: Abhishek Singh son of ex-CM Raman Singh booked for rioting along with BJP PM Santosh Pandey 

They also allegedly participated in a communal rally calling for violence against Muslims in Kawardha

Delhi: After defacing Akbar Road signboard, goons flee at the sight of cops

Police have registered an FIR; the area falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and is a high security zone 

CJP approaches NCM over church vandalisation across the country

Multiple churches in Uttarakhand, UP, MP, Chhattisgarh have been attacked over the past one week  

Mangaluru: Protests by Hindutva groups force College to cancel naming park after Stan Swamy

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and others submitted a memorandum to Mangaluru deputy commissioner, police commissioner, college management opposing the name 

Can minor’s consent be considered in POCSO cases?

The Gujarat High Court sets aside conviction of rape under POCSO Act, as the minor girl and the convict were married and girl had borne 2 children

100 days on, Piri villagers still await justice for Brahmadev Singh

Local police claim they cannot register the application as the matter has been transferred to the CID

Chhattisgarh: Curfew in Kawardha town following communal clashes

Over dozen including police personnel injured, 25 detained, police resort to lathicharge after a Hindutva mob of nearly 3,000 people marched with swords, lathis

MP: Dargah blown up, allegedly by Hindutva mob

A Muslim shrine was vandalised in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka: Beheaded Muslim man’s mother names Hindutva activists, girl’s father

Arbaz Aftab Mullah, a 24-year-old youth was found decapitated on the railway tracks in Belagavi on September 28

Mob attacks Roorkee church, multiple attacks reported from other states

Uttarakhand police book 200 people for allegedly vandalising a Church on Sunday, more attacks reported from across the country

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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

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

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The West as Enigma: Why Muslims Must Understand the Occident on Its Own Terms

The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.

September 26 ECI Press Note: Does it not render SIR redundant?

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Unpacking a Coded Defence: What an IIT Professor’s post reveals about attitudes in elite institutions

The authors interrogate the manner and fashion of appointing faculty at IITs and other such institutions of “higher learning”

Scrap SIR, Restore Names of Genuine Voters, Stop Disenfranchisement: Forum for Social Harmony – Nagorik Udyog

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SIR row: ‘Enough is enough’: Civil society demands rollback of voter revision, accountability from ECI

At a Press Club of India meeting, lawyers, former judges, activists and public figures demanded restoration of deleted voters, a public audit of electoral rolls, disclosure of the Election Commission’s SIR records and an independent inquiry into decisions taken under CEC Gyanesh Kumar