Minorities

After Sambhal, reports of Muslims being beaten at the poll booth as India’s 18th Lok Sabha elections continue in its fifth phase.

After the junior college banned the burqa and implemented a uniform in August 2023, the Acharya Marathe College once again demanded a ban on burqa and other clothes. Students have written to the administration and human rights commissions and demanded their rights not be violated.

In an incident of vigilante violence, a Muslim truck driver and his co-traveller were chased by two cars of men and removed from the truck and tied in a humiliating manner.

Over the years, local Muslims have made complaints about encroaching attempts to saffronise the shrine, which is overseen by a Trust composed of both Hindus and Muslims. The latest attempt by miscreants also features installations of idols at the shrine.

Expressing concern over the “spreading of alarm on Growth of Muslim Population” by the Indian media, the PFI has urged, “The most effective way to manage population growth is through investment in education, economic development, gender equity” media refrain from using demographic studies to create fear and division.”

Delegates to the April 2024 United Methodist Church (UMC)...

In a biting critique of the hate speech rendered by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that is symptomatic of the hate in his entire organisations and cadres (the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindu Mahasabha), this famed writer from Kerala, author of ‘God is Neither a Khomeini nor a Mohan Bhagwat holds the man to account and shame

Videos have emerged of resident Muslims claiming they were lathi charged at the polling booths. Samajwadi Party, which has won several times in the region, has also supported this claim.

Karnataka has witnessed several instances of violence against cattle traders, out of which many of such victims are Muslims.

Gujarat’s coast has seen thousands of structures demolished in government drives, many people allege Muslims were particularly targeted. In light of this, now over 500 such fishermen have now been denied the right to vote.