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How defending a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper triggered FIRs, highway blockades, and a law-and-order crisis in Uttarakhand
What began as a local intervention against alleged intimidation over a shop’s name spiralled into right-wing mobilisation, multiple FIRs, and a national debate on selective policing, free speech, and communal harmony in Kotdwar
Maharashtra: Bulldozer Raj, tensions rise in Kolhapur’s Laxtirth Vasahat Colony after administration demolishes Madrasa under pressure from Hindutva organisations
While the Peace Committee says there were no complaints about structure, Hindutva organisations claimed otherwise and authorities have now enforced section 144 to maintain law and order says Free Press Journal
Who is afraid of the writings of Babasaheb Ambedkar?
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Gyan Vapi Masjid: Where can we go when our elders are buried here ask anguished Muslims from Varanasi
Voices from Banaras (Varanasi), the day after Hindus are allowed prayers inside the Gyan Vapi Masjid, anguish among city’s Muslims
Puja in Gyanvapi: Mosque Committee announces bandh, Shahr Mufti Batin Nomani appeals for peace
Late night puja facilitated by the district administration on February 1 resulted in a call for a bandh in minority areas of Varanasi (Banaras) on Friday even as the Shahar Mufti Abdul Batin Nomani called for peace and calm
Mumbai, Maharashtra: Reports arrive of Muslim youth beaten, a young girl molested as goons force them to say Jai Sri Ram
Another harrowing incident of violence against Muslims has come from India’s business capital as reports of another group of young Muslim men beaten and forced to chant Jai Sri Ram surfaces. The reports also suggest that a minor 15 year old young girl was also molested by these goons
The “Internal Orientalism” of Indian Media
The Indian media continue to spread Islamophobic discourse and misrepresent Muslims. To create religious animosity and demonize the minority Muslims, the mainstream media have again resorted to publishing fake news. This is a key finding of Boom Live analysis for the year 2023.
Historic 600 year old Delhi mosque demolished without notice
The Delhi Development Authority on Tuesday morning swiftly demolished the mosque in Delhi’s Mehrauli. The mosque’s Imam has stated that there was no prior notice for this demolition
Mira Road: Muslim youth allegedly beaten in custody, denied food as Nitesh Rane tells supporters, “The Government is with you.”
Last week Mumbai’s Mira Road saw widespread violence as a mob of Hindutva supporters had rallied in the area and subjected the residents and their properties to violence. Rane, implicated earlier for making incendiary statements allegedly, once again is in the news for a controversial speech
Around the inauguration of Ram Temple, communal tension erupted in Uttar Pradesh
Reports of several communally charged incidents have arisen in the state
Maharashtra leaders call for peace amidst Mira Road violence
As the nation shakes with the incidents of violence that took place last week in the wake of the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Mumbai’s Mira Road tries to come to normalcy after violence and propaganda rocked the area.
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