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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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Anti-farmer group issues ultimatum to protesters at Singhu border
Chanting slogans, group claiming to be locals, marched near Singhu Border demanding protesters vacate the area in 24 hours
Facebook refuses to take action against Ragini Tiwari’s hate speech
CJP had filed two complaints against her, but the company said they are not in a position to take any action
Communalisation of COVID-19: A Bebaak Collective report
Human rights defender Teesta Setalvad and feminist historian Uma Chakravarti applaud the initiative and discuss the rampant communalism observed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tandav Controversy: Deepak Sharma demands ‘anti-blasphemy’ law
Threatens makers of web series with "dance of destruction" by devotees of Shiva over the web series he claims has hurt religious sentiments
The interplay between social media and hate speech in India
Now that Donald Trump’s Facebook, Twitter accounts have been banned after his abusive tweets as his supporters stormed the US Capitol, what is in store for India?
Take action against ‘Swami’ for hate speech: Subhashini Ali to UP Police
In the video surfacing on social media, Swami Anand Swaroop has made objectionable remarks against Quran and calls for forming a Hindu Sena
Hate speech quadrupled, cattle vigilantism doubled in Karnataka in 2020!
Report compiled by local activist shows a huge spike in communal incidents pertaining to hate speech as compared to last year
Pick up arms, take revenge before going to cops: Dilip Ghosh to Hindu youth
Bengal BJP chief claims the Constitution of India permitted use of weapons to ‘protect religion, women’s honour’
A 2020 List of ‘Influencers’ whose ideas belong in the Dustbin of Hate
Some social media influencers have made second careers, spewing hate against anyone they do not consider a part of the right-wing gang
10 most hate-driven statements by Indian politicians
Some of India’s political leaders use their power and their words to spread hate, most often focused on fueling class divides, Islamophobia, and communal hate
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India
Need for Clarity on the SIR: An Open Letter to the Congress Leaders of Karnataka
While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there
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From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault
Around 40 protesters from Arunachal Pradesh were detained during a solidarity demonstration, as the crackdown on indigenous resistance to the proposed mega dam intensifies
India
Beyond Appropriation: Vidya Bhushan Rawat’s recovery of Bose’s inclusive nationalism
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Minorities
After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
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