Tag: Anti-Muslim

Gulfisha Fatima: A saga of arrest and re-arrest

A moving poem by student activist Gulfisha Fatima is the focus of a campaign by citizens groups on the fifth anniversary of her incarceration. A special FSC report recaps the cases lodged against her and her attempt to keep up with her poetry and focus on teaching co-inmates in jail.

Mira Road to see Hindutva rally tomorrow after HC grants permission, citizens approach police to ensure peace

After the Bombay High Court granted permission to Hindutva outfits to organise a shobha yatra near the Mira Bhayandar area in Mumbai which had recently seen violence, residents of Mira Road wait with trepidation for the February 25 rally and meeting of controversial BJP MLA Raja Singh to take place

Bihar: How festival holidays become target of fake news

Two days ago, Bihar's Education Department released the list of school holiday, which was then blown out of proportion by the media, sparking a misinformation wave

Far right, Hindutva leaders stoke communal fires across India

Hate speeches and provocative declarations by Hindutva leaders spread communal tensions, as anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and incendiary remarks are repeated in various speeches

Balasore Train tragedy: The claim that a Muslim Junior Engineer caused accident false: Railways

“This is factually incorrect. The entire staff is present & a part of inquiry”: Railway officer clarifies to news spread by the infamous Sudarshan News

Film as Propaganda: the months between June 2023 & May 2024

After the Kashmir Files & Kerala Story, now movies on the Godhra violence, Tipu Sultan, ’72 Hoorain threaten social peace

India tops online anti-Muslim hate posts, 3rd largest spike in Islamophobic tweets: 2022 Report

Report showed Islamophobia more prevalent on the web than it is in real life, only a mere 14.83% of anti-Muslim tweets end up being removed online

Ahmedabad: ‘Derogatory’ posts on WhatsApp land teacher in trouble

The accused, Manisha Bhavsar, has been teaching for 10 years, posted anti-Muslim hate on several WhatsApp groups

How is the Assam gov’t allowing Pravin Togadia’s trishul distribution?

Togadia team are openly distributing weapons, administering anti-Muslim oaths, telling people this makes them “brave” and “protectors of the Hindu faith”

What does Raj Thackeray hope to achieve with his anti-Muslim speech?

The latest hate-speech by the MNS chief raises questions about the party’s priorities

Hate Watch: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya continues spewing anti-Muslim venom

Calls Muslims “lungi chaap, jaalidaar topi goondas” and accuses them of “roaming the streets with revolvers in their hands and threatening businessmen” before the 2017 Assembly elections

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