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Dhandhuka violence: Gujarat minority group seeks judicial action, cites targeted arson

The Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) Gujarat has written to the Director General of Police seeking judicial action in connection with recent violence in Dhandhuka town of Ahmedabad district, alleging...

Is Gujarat’s Pirana dargah emerging as the newest communal hotspot?

Attempts to appropriate the 600-year-old shrine of Imam Shah Baba, a figure revered by both Hindus and Muslims are at their peak

Hate Watch: Cornered after news of anti-Muslim resolution, Udupi temple issues ‘clarification’

Only Hindus were allowed to have stalls at the annual fair at Marigudi Temple in Kaup, Udupi; management later denied discrimination as news spread 

Bowing to pressure from Hindutva groups, Karnataka festival ‘bans’ Muslim traders

In clear violation of the law and the Constitution, the state's minority now faces economic exclusion, before this it was targeted hate attacks and denial of education

Uttar Pradesh: Doctor Kafeel Khan will contest MLC elections on April 9

The paediatrician, author and activist is the Samajwadi Party’s MLC candidate from the Devariya-Kushinagar seat

Hijab row: Udupi girls dubbed terrorists by BJP leader

Senior BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna says girls’ statements criticising the HC decision prove that they are "anti-nationals"

Delhi Violence: Court dismisses Gulfisha Fatima, Tasleem Ahmed’s bail pleas

Ahmed and Fatima, with several other activists, students and lawyers, have been booked under the UAPA, in the infamous FIR 59/2020

UP: Dadri Muslims disconnected from the city for three months!

Children and women are forced to take long-winded and dangerous routes due to the sudden construction of a concrete wall

The Kashmir Files: Calls for Muslim genocide ring out in cinema halls, hate brews outside

Videos show genocide calls ringing out in cinema halls after screenings of The Kashmir Files; Delhi Police step up security 

Delhi HC allows re-opening Nizamuddin Markaz for Shab-E-Baraat

The High Court bench observed that the management will ensure proper social distancing guidelines and does not deserve exhaustive conditions for re-opening

Maintaining harmony is responsibility of Muslims: Assam CM

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that with a population of over a crore Muslims were 35 percent of the state’s population they were no longer a minority, but the majority

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