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A week of anti-minority hate that grips UP-Uttarakhand
Eight incidents across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand between June 28 and July 5, 2026, ranging from hate speech and conspiracy rhetoric to forced religious sloganeering and vigilante violence targeted religious minorities. The recurring use of ‘jihad’ narratives, demographic anxieties, anti-conversion rhetoric, and vigilante enforcement illustrate a continuing pattern of communal polarisation and vigilantism.
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Gujarat: VHP workers assault Muslim students for ‘luring’ Hindu girls in Surat
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They spoke to a few girl students and acted only after collecting evidence, the VHP workers claimed.
UP: ‘BJP’s Pasmanda Appeasement is Nothing More Than Hollow Rhetoric’
Muslim intellectuals believe it is another attempt to divide Muslims into sects.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma excludes “encroachers” from Mission Bashundhara 2.0
In another attempt to single out and discriminate against Bengali Muslims, Biswa asserts that they will only give legitimacy to those living in Assam for three generations
Gujarat Elections: RTE Rules Being Flouted in Muslim Areas, Allege Teachers
Closure of several Urdu-medium primary government- aided schools contradicts NPE objectives, say local teachers in Rakhiyal.
Jamia masjid row: Bajrang Dal submits PIL to Karnataka HC, demands to vacate mosque
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Gujarat’s Disturbed Areas Act: Largest Muslim Ghetto Glaring Contrast to Hindu Settlement
Juhapura is a Muslim neighbourhood in the west of Ahmedabad that has been segregated under the Disturbed Areas Act, 1991.
‘Scapegoat’, Bail granted to Muslim woman accused of being Pakistani: Karnataka HC
In judicial custody for 16 months with fundamental freedoms snatched away, Khatija Mehrin’s is one more example of malafide police action
UN member states raise concerns about violence against minorities, hate speech, draconian laws during India’s UPR
Even as India through Solicitor General Tushar Mehta staunchly defended these laws, several member states questioned India's track record on human rights
Where 4 Muslims were publicly flogged by cops, 39 others live in ‘exile’: Gujarat, Kheda
Over a month after the flogging incident, Undhela, the village at the heart of the controversy wears a deserted look
Inter-faith love affair takes a tragic turn in Uttar Pradesh
Hindu Girl commits suicide after family beats Muslim boyfriend to death
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A week of anti-minority hate that grips UP-Uttarakhand
Eight incidents across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand between June 28 and July 5, 2026, ranging from hate speech and conspiracy rhetoric to forced religious sloganeering and vigilante violence targeted religious minorities. The recurring use of ‘jihad’ narratives, demographic anxieties, anti-conversion rhetoric, and vigilante enforcement illustrate a continuing pattern of communal polarisation and vigilantism.
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