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For many in India, and particularly in Gujarat, 26 March will always be remembered as a ‘black day!’ On that day in 2003, in keeping with an election promise,...
CJP serves a notice to News18 over debate show justifying flogging of Muslim men by Gujarat Police
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The show intended to spread hatred against Muslims by questioning why should they take part in Garbacelebrations at all
No hope for Rape Survivors: Muzaffarnagar Riots 2013
In February 2017, on the eve of the Uttar...
Who to blame for the ‘sar tan se juda’ fatwa?
Theological legitimacy for beheading the blasphemers comes from the Hanbali follower and pioneer of Salafism—Ibn Taymiyyah
Notice to Centre on plea to declare ‘Talaq-e-Kinaya’ and ‘Talaq-e-Bain’ unconstitutional: SC
The supreme court was hearing a plea filed by Karnataka-based Syeda Ambreen asserting that the practices are arbitrary, irrational and contrary to the fundamental rights to equality, non-discrimination, life and freedom to practice religion. In 2017, the SC had held talaaq-e-biddat to be ultra vires of fundamental freedoms
Prohibitory orders in some parts of Kolkata after communal violence on Sunday
The BJP, which is silent on violence in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh during Navratri, claimed that several businesses and properties of Hindus in the area were damaged.
Three homes raised after conflict over Garba Pandal, five more Muslim families served eviction notices: MP
The Mandsaur district administration had allegedly already demolished three Muslim-owned homes, citing lack of 'building permission' as a reason for the demolitions.
Hardline Hindutva leaders give call to bear weapons, chop off hands, heads of minorities
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Open call for violence made at same VHP rally where Parvesh Verma called for economic boycott of a particular community
Darul Uloom to hold seminar to discuss madrasa education
The meet will be held on October 30 in Deobandh, will inclusion of modern subjects into the curriculum be discussed?
Jharkhand: Muslim man allegedly killed for being in a relationship with a non-Muslim woman
11 people arrested so far, investigation underway
Hate speeches amplified by television, incited targeted violence against Muslims: CCR Report, Feb ‘20 Delhi riots
Looking at the build-up to the violence, as also the impact and fallout, 2 ½ years after the riots in North East Delhi in February 2020, a Citizens Inquiry Committee of retired judges and civil servants releases its report
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Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
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