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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

Waris Pathan’s provocative statement in line with MIM’s communal politics

Waris Pathan’s ‘15 crore’ communal statement has put him...

Manufacturing Hate and Violence: Anurag Thakur’s ‘Shoot the Traitors’

Social organisations and political parties need to cultivate Indian fraternity again.

Why no FIR filed against Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma: Court asks Delhi Police

Brinda Karat had moved court after written complaints to SHO and Commissioner failed to elicit any response

Modi targets anti-CAA protesters, Javadekar calls Kejriwal ‘terrorist’

BJP stoops to new lows as Delhi election campaign progresses

EC bars hate-mongering BJP leaders from campaigning: Delhi

Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh had made offensive, insensitive and hateful remarks about anti-CAA protesters

Adityanath spews sexist venom, declares “azaadi” slogan as treason in UP

UP CM says it was shameful of opposition parties to put women at the forefront of protests when they don’t even understand anything about CAA

Bengal BJP chief unfazed by 2 FIRs

Dilip Ghosh booked under charges of hate speech on complaints by TMC leaders

Fanning the communal flames

Image Courtesy: thehindu.comIn 2019, there were several instances when...

10 worst hate speeches of 2019

There is no dearth of political figures making controversial or inflammatory statements full of hatred towards certain class of people. India’s hate factory has produced some deplorable hate speeches this year. Here’s a look tat the 10 worst hate speeches of 2019 in India.

BJP’s Kapil Mishra says ‘shoot the traitors’ at pro-CAA rally

This is not the first time he has used hate speech against the minorities

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