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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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Hatemonger and Shiv Sena Taksali leader Sudhir Suri allegedly enjoys the protection of 15 cops
He was recently pulled up for his alleged objectionable remarks for women from the Sikh community
Sambit Patra slammed for insensitive tweet on Sopore encounter
A 60-year-old man, who was in the area with his 3-yo grandson, died after he was reportedly caught in a crossfire between the CRPF and militants
All non-Muslim minorities are Hindus: Puri Shankaracharya wants amendments to Article 25 of Indian Constitution
He says doing so will make Hindus the second largest religious group in the world
Media, right-wing spew venom over Sushant Singh Rajput’s death
The Maharashtra Cyber police also warned social media users of circulating ‘disturbing’ photos of the deceased actors
Hate crimes in India: What makes lynching special?
India has seen a rigorous rise in the hate crimes towards minority communities in the last five years. Muslims and Dalits constituted a significant share of the victims of religious hate crimes. Being a Secular, Democratic, Republic, the responses from the state administration and machinery are contradicting these constitutional safeguards. Apart from that, leaders of the ruling political party and their affiliated organisations have played a crucial role in polarizing the country and further accelerating the hatred and violence. Later on, the fairness and credibility of state apparatuses have been questioned due to its partial interventions in the hate crime cases. This article intends to analyse the religious hate crimes in India, further focusing on the mob lynchings in the last five years. The paper brings into limelight the discourse of hate and power in the context of communalism in India.
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra makes offensive remark against AltNews co-founder Mohd Zubair
Iyer-Mitra is associated with The Print and several Twitter users have demanded that the publication drop his columns
CJP writes to NBSA over Zee News’ deeply communal broadcast on “Zameen Jihad”
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The channel has submitted its response and the hearing will commence once NBSA resumes functioning
Why does the Adityanath gov’t continue to ignore Dr Aarti Lalchandani’s anti-Muslim hate speech?
Outraged, CPI(M) leader Subhashini Ali demands an investigation, and says the doctor must be dismissed from her post.
SC: Notice issued to 4 states over Sharjeel Imam plea for clubbing of FIRs
Imam, who has been booked for hate speech, sedition and anti-terror law, has asked the SC to let a single agency investigate the case.
Karnataka’s ‘Hindutva lab’ churns out fresh bout of hate messaging, communal clashes
59 new cases of communally charged incidents including 37 instances of hate speech
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