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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

Police interrogates reporter for posting communally charged video in Mathura

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Controversial Kerala spiritual guru, Swami Bhadrananda arrested for derogatory FB posts

Swami had been arrested earlier in 2008 for opening...

EC issues show cause notice to Sakshi Maharaj: Inciteful Speech

New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) The Election Commission has...

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj at it yet again: spews hatred against India’s Muslims.

"If the population is growing alarmingly, if the problems...

The ongoing Genocide in Myanmar

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