Tag: Communalism

From political rallies to religious processions, hate speech surged by 74.4% in 2024 - driven by the BJP, Hindu nationalist groups, and unchecked social media amplification

Documenting the rise of communal incidents in Karnataka's coastal districts, a report compiled by Suresh Bhat B. highlights incidents and patterns of hate speech, vigilantism, and moral policing in 2024

With police approvals and political backing, these hate-filled processions continued throughout December, threatening India’s secular soul; 9 rallies in UP, 6 in MP, 3 in Uttarakhand and one each in Bihar, Haryana, Odisha, Assam, Goa, Rajasthan and Maharashtra

The retired Army officer, also a BJP leader who runs a school in Vikasnagar, had to move the court to get an FIR lodged against the alleged accused. The police is yet to act on it.

Five incidents of harassment, violence, and police complicity against Christians in one week expose the growing threat to religious freedom, as far-right groups and state forces collude in systematic attacks on minority communities

Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has been working 24 X 7, round the clock, to monitor and combat hate speech --and through this promote peace --in Maharashtra and across the country. In past week, CJP has filed six complaints to the Maharashtra Police, seeking preventive action against the ‘Hindu Janakrosh Morchas’ and SHS’s events

With over 19 hate speech FIRs stuck in limbo, no reports of further investigations nor arrests, the Mahayuti state government faces criticism for slow (or no) action as communal tensions rise; CJP intensifies legal action and monitoring to curb growing communal violence in Maharashtra; details of the complaints filed by CJP may be read here.

A detailed look at the events intensifying communal divides, rising islamophobia and state complicity from Jharkhand to Himachal

In a span of five days, incidents of anti-Muslim hate speeches, communal violence, vandalism and targeting reveal a disturbing reality of rising persecution and dwindling safety for Muslims across India

In his speech delivered in Nashik, Kalicharan has made strange and offensive claims against the Muslims to spread his divisive ideology, attempted to encourage violence against the Muslim community by distorting India’s past as well as the history of the beloved leaders of Maharashtra.