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Despite ASI’s warning protesters in Bharuch march to collector to ‘preserve original identity’ of Bharuch mosque
The foot march happened just days after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects the mosque, wrote to the district administration to not allow any “large gathering” on June 10
Gujarat: 108 shrines demolished in Gujarat
The state Home Minister in Gujarat claims to have seen a ‘conspiracy’ where suddenly shrines are turning up in the state, as he demands for budget allocation and asserts that 108 shrines have been destroyed in the state.
Uttarakhand is being promoted as a hub for investors, as critics report its anti-encroachment policy is targeting Muslim properties
The chief minister has hailed the state for investment and vows to build it as a world class tourist hub. However, as the Uttarakhand government tries to achieve global status, several news reports suggest that the anti-encroachment drive the government is taking out is targeting Muslims.
CJP to Maharashtra Police: Halt BJP MLA Raja Singh’s rally in Mira Road, citing potential for public disruptions
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The move comes after Singh released a video on social media calling people in large numbers to join his ‘Hindu Jan Aakrosh’ rally on February 25
As BJP’s electoral politics begins influencing Muslim elite, discrimination ‘intensifies’
As the 2024 General Elections are looming on the horizon, some elite Muslims are appealing to their community to give a relook at BJP. They claim that Indian Muslims are not being discriminated against. Such intellectuals also argue that BJP is giving special attention to Pasmanda Muslims and Sufi Muslims.
Rajasthan: Muslim students barred from school, called ‘Chambal ke Daaku’ for wearing hijab
School teachers reportedly turned away Muslim girl students from a government school in Rajasthan because they were wearing a hijab. The students have claimed that they have been threatened and ‘tortured’ by their teacher, and were told that their marks could be deducted.
Haldwani minorities fear deaths to be higher than official figures, narrate tales of police brutality & complicity: Fact-finding report
Several testimonies before the fact-finding team narrated the administration’s targeted attack on the evening of February 8, when officers arrived with bulldozers, sanitation workers and large police “protection” to demolition the mosque and madrasa “despite the matter being sub-judice;” today, Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura area suffers in silence as connectivity is cut with the outside world
Policing & Profiling Citizens: Using Aadhar data to create an NPR, profiling Christians?
An accelerated pace in using Aadhar data meant for one purpose to create a National Population Register (NPR) which is the first step towards an all India National Register of Citizens (NRC) appears to have been undertaken, since 2015 with 119.34 crore Indians being listed thus without informed consent, a citizens investigation reveals; besides, selective profiling of Christians in pars of Mumbai, Mira Road, Thane are also concerning
Maharashtra Mob Violence: Muslim student and a fruit vendor, forced into chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’
The police have filed a case against a group of people in Maharashtra’s Parbhani for assaulting a young teenager and then later assaulting a fruit seller within a span of 30 minutes.
Haldwani: Police allege planned mob attack, as local Muslims state police harassing and detaining family members without evidence
As BJP leaders encourage the idea that the protests were a ‘planned conspiracy’, 300 people have already migrated from the area citing fear and violence. Local Muslim residents allege that the police are harassing them and forcing their way into their homes.
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