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Congress and Karnataka’s Muslims: Loyalty without Representation

In an era where majoritarian politics is openly dismissive of Muslim concerns, the Congress still benefits from being seen as the lesser evil. But “lesser evil” is not a sustainable political identity. For a party that speaks the language of diversity and inclusion, Karnataka’s record on Muslim representation - particularly in Parliament - stands as an uncomfortable indictment.

From the margins to the Centre, more and more hate speeches against Muslims are made, deafening silence from the authorities continues

Videos of hate speech by religious leaders, sloganeering in police presence, offensive statements against Prophet surface online

Noida cops suspended for inaction in 2 yr-old hate crime against elderly Muslim man

The man was attacked in July 2021 for his religious identity; he was reportedly stripped while derogatory anti-Muslim slurs were hurled at him by some goons in a car

Curb on internet, SMS in Nuh as protests demanding justice for Junaid-Nasir escalate

After Friday prayers, thousands gathered in Ferozpur Jhirka to demand arrest of the accused and calling for disbanding the Cow Protection Task Force of the state government

Calcutta cook lynched in Bihar weeks before marriage

Saddam, the elder brother of the deceased man, has said the three youths were returning from a feast at another village when they were brutally attacked

Christians & Muslims excluded from voters list in Karnataka, HC approached

Complaints of deliberate exclusion of voters from the minority community from key seats in Karnataka have been surfacing with worrying regularity, now the focus is Bengaluru’s spotlight Shivajinagar constituency

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Anti-BJP, ‘inconvenient’ voters in Bengaluru could be dis-enfranchised: Karnataka polls

Thousands of voters, especially Dalits and Muslims could be deliberately cast off the voter’s list in Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar constituency of Karnataka

Bihar: New day, new atrocities reported against the Muslim community

Three Muslim men mercilessly thrashed by mob, two in critical condition, one succumbed to his injuries

Harassment of Christians over forceful conversion allegations; prayers obstructed

In this month alone, February 2023, four-five such incidents have been reported in northern India, mainly Chhattisgarh, MP, UP and Jammu

In Affidavit to High Court, Kheda SP defends policemen who publicly flogged Muslims: Gujarat

“...it is only with a view to maintain peace and harmony that the suspects were cornered,” the SP's affidavit says.

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