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They Asked Questions. Then Came the Assault: Shaheen & Nafeesa Khan | Teesta Setalvad

What are a citizen's rights when dealing with the police? What happens when the people responsible for enforcing the law are themselves accused of assault?And where is the CCTV...

Muslim student denied exam for wearing beard in Ahmedabad: A disturbing reflection of rising intolerance

Nursing student Hafiz Abu Bakr’s right to sit for an examination is questioned due to his religious identity, exposing deepening biases and cultural discrimination in India’s educational system.

Right-wing outfits disrupt Christmas across the country, alleged religious conversion through events

On December 25, as the world celebrated the joy and warmth of Christmas, right-wing groups like VHP, Bajrang Dal, and Hindu Jagran Manch disrupted events across the country. From forcing a Zomato rider in Indore to remove his Santa costume, to halting celebrations in Mumbai, Lucknow, and Rohtak, Bapunagar and Dehradun

How has Swami Vivekananda looked at Jesus Christ?

Vivekananda strongly argued that Jesus belonged to the Eastern world (Asia). He went even further, boldly claiming that all great souls and incarnations originated in the Orient.

Christmas under siege: right-wing target Christmas celebrations across states, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala

Across the country, Christmas celebrations are facing mounting opposition from right-wing groups accusing religious conversion and cultural invasion. In Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, VHP activists disrupt school events, abuse staff, and incite communal hate against the Christmas celebrations, two VHP leaders booked and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days in Kerala

Missing the Mark: Inviting PM Modi to a Christmas Reception Ignores the Plight of Persecuted Christians

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For my birthday, ‘you are organising in my name,’ a point of order: Christmas invite to PM Modi

Dear Leaders of the Christian Community in India,Greetings of peace,...

Uttar Pradesh’s new tactics for harassment: Electricity theft charges, strategic revival of temple, opening up of 1978 Sambhal communal riots cases

In a shift from demolition drives and religious surveys, the UP government targets Muslim-majority areas with electricity theft accusations, leading to fines, power cuts, and allegations of politically motivated harassment, particularly against Muslim opposition figures like MP Zia-Ur-Rahman Barq.

Uttarakhand: Retd. Muslim Army Officer Faces Ire of ‘Hindutva’ Forces; FIR Filed After 2-Yr Legal Battle

The retired Army officer, also a BJP leader who runs a school in Vikasnagar, had to move the court to get an FIR lodged against the alleged accused. The police is yet to act on it.

“Civil courts can’t run a race with the Supreme Court” says SC Bench while putting a stay on orders for surveys on Places of...

In a significant intervention, the Supreme Court directs trial courts to refrain from registering new suits and passing any effective orders, including surveys, in cases challenging the religious character of places of worship pending the challenge to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act of 1991

Sambhal Mosque, Ajmer Dargah: how deep do we plunge into the abyss?

A misplaced and selective narrative of distorted history is whipping up social tensions and threatening lasting peace

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