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Policing Autonomy & Faith: Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion law gets President’s assent
The law’s provisions on prior declaration, third-party complaints and reversal of burden of proof mirror challenges already before the Supreme Court
Faiz-e-Ilahi Masjid, Turkman Gate: A court-ordered demolition, midnight policing, stone-pelting, arrests, and the ongoing legal battle
While authorities insist the mosque was untouched and only illegal commercial structures were razed, FIRs, arrests, and eyewitness accounts point to a deeper story of mistrust, misinformation, and administrative haste
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CJP moves National Commission for Minorities over vigilante violence, identity policing, and targeted evictions across states
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Complaint documents a pattern of assaults, economic intimidation, disruption of prayer meetings, and selective state response affecting Muslim and Christian communities between September and November 2025
Sangh Scares Off Santa: A Christmas of Fear
A sustained hate campaign drives this violence, portraying Christians as threats to Hindu culture. Anti-Christian propaganda has caused a 500% surge in attacks over the decade.
Not Merry, Not Free: What the attacks on Christmas say about India’s shrinking pluralism
Vandalised decorations, disrupted worship, assaulted women and targeted children—Christmas 2025 exposes how majoritarian vigilantism, legitimised by silence and conversion panic, is reshaping public life
Peaceful street protest in Mumbai condemns Christmas-time attacks on Christians across India
Organised by the Samvidhan Jagar Samiti and the Bombay Catholic Sabha, the peaceful gathering in Goregaon drew quiet public solidarity as passersby paused to read, reflect, and express support against rising hate and intimidation during the Christmas season
Kerala: Protests erupt after RSS-BJP man’s alleged attack on children’s Christmas carol group in Palakkad
Clearly emboldened by some recent poll gains by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in local elections in the state, a RSS-BJP worker Aswin Raj allegedly assaulted the children and damaged their musical instrument, the police have arrested him
‘Brutal intimidation of Christians’ all India condemned: Bombay Catholic Sabha
In a statement, accompanied by open letters to senior political leaders, the Bombay Catholic Sabha (BCS) has strongly condemned the “brutal intimidation of Christians in some parts of the country and increase of such act of terror during the Christmas season”
MP, Odisha, Delhi, Rajasthan: Right-wing outfits barge into 2 churches ahead of Christmas, attack vendors selling X’mas goodies, tensions run high
‘This is Hindu Rashtra’ say mobsters in Odisha as vendors selling Santa hats are attacked; In MP churches observing Christmas celebrations are stormed by far right politicians belong to the ruling BJP, Delhi sees intimidation by the Bajrang Dal on women sporting Santa hats and similar attacks are seen in Rajasthan. All such incidents have invited widespread condemnation on social media. Delhi, the national capital also sees the free run of right wing bullies attacking those in Christmas attire; meanwhile, widespread protests have erupted over the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to deny Christmas Holidays to students. Clearly it is the BJP run states that have seen this lawlessness ahead of a much loved Indian festival.
Dadri lynching: UP Court rejects state govt plea to withdraw charges against Akhlaq murder accused
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