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Muslim student set on fire in Bareilly outside exam centre, suffers 8% burns

The Times of India reported that a 19 year old student, Farhad, a Muslim, studying in the B-Com course was set on fire in broad day light on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan 8 outside the Hindu College, Moradabad; the assailants were fellow students, Aarush Singh, 21 and Deepak Kumar, 20

Indian Christian community faces persistent attacks in first 10 days in 2024

Persistent assaults on Christian institutions and gatherings spark concern as right-wing Hindutva groups allege forced conversions which has led to arrests and tensions in multiple districts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Vigilante violence against Muslims continues without rest

From Madhya Pradesh to Karnataka, vigilante groups reportedly consisting of members from Hindutva organisations are reportedly accosting and beating Muslim youth across the country.

Amidst festive cheer, India’s Christian community confronts prejudice and intolerance

From Manipur to Delhi, Christians look back, with CJP, at the year that was 2023, reflecting with pain and regret, living amidst discrimination and violence

Modi’s Attempt to Woo Christian Community

On December 25th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited many...

Not In Our Name, says Christians to some leaders who celebrated Christmas with PM Modi

December 25, 2023 Christmas Celebration with the PM is Not in Our Name say over 3,000 Christians to 100 of their leaders who visited with the leader and sung praises

Muslim youth from Bihar beaten to death in Rajasthan

A young Muslim man named Afsar Ali, who worked as a tailor in Rajasthan, was beaten to death after he reportedly asked a driver who brushed past him on the road to drive carefully.

India’s Catholic clergy urges acts of conscience not political opportunism: Church leaders meet with PM Modi

A war of conscience and powerful words has broken out among the Indian Catholic clergy after Prime Minister Modi’s Christmas invite (December 25, 2023) to select church heads, who then circulated videos bowing in abject praise to the leader; a public campaign “Not in Our Name” was sought to be curtailed by some priests, leading to a powerful Open Letter from Father Anand in Varanasi

Manipur: Fresh violence kills 4, curfew reimposed in 5 districts, why is the conflict intractable?

Four people have been allegedly shot dead and five others critically injured in Manipur's Thoubal district, leading to the reimposition of curfew in five districts in the valley

Bengaluru Archbishop seeks PM’s intervention on Manipur, attacks on churches

While appreciating that Christmas celebrations this year were noteworthy as Narendra Modi had invited representatives of the community in New Delhi to his residence, the Archbishop of Bengaluru, Peter Machado, in a public statement asked that the PM apply a soothing touch to the battered state of Manipur and ensure no attacks on churches either

Irony of 2023: High persecution of Christians, PM hailed by some religious leaders

Citizens StatementThis statement has been issued by Apoorvanand, John...

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Muslim student set on fire in Bareilly outside exam centre, suffers 8% burns

The Times of India reported that a 19 year old student, Farhad, a Muslim, studying in the B-Com course was set on fire in broad day light on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan 8 outside the Hindu College, Moradabad; the assailants were fellow students, Aarush Singh, 21 and Deepak Kumar, 20

Dr Sangram Patil detained by Mumbai Crime Branch, move sharply condemned

A British citizen, doctor and consultant with the NHS, it is reported that Dr Patil was detained (arrested) with his wife as he landed at the Mumbai airport this afternoon

CJP approaches Election Commission over communal and hate-based speech by BJP Mumbai President

Complaint details how “vote jihad” and “land jihad” narratives used during the Model Code of Conduct period violate electoral law, constitutional guarantees, and democratic norms

Unchecked Vigilantism, Repeated Harm: Why CJP has filed a fresh complaint on Malabar Hill incident

CJP’s urgent follow-up complaint warns that silence and inaction have allowed religious vigilantism to become a tool of everyday governance

Partitioned minds, a Saffron Fatwa & Denial of Fair Opportunity: Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu

Each time, or several times in the past eleven plus years, incident after incident, brazen, bloody and discriminatory slips us lower into the abyss; the latest but sadly not the last is what transpired just this week at the Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu

Madhav Gadgil’s unshakeable faith in science

Renowned environmental scientist, Madhav Gadgil, who was a recipient of numerous awards including the Padma Shri in 1981 and the Padma Bhushan in 2006, passed away in Pune late night on Wednesday, January 7, after a brief illness

Sharia, Manusmriti or the Indian Constitution

Two extremes, the dominant Hindu right and a creeping conservatism among Muslims seek to undermine the constitutional mandate