Tag: Islamophobia

Combating Islamophobia: A task overdue

In July 2024 England witnessed riots and unrest in several cities. They were precipitated mainly due to misinformation and anti-immigration sentiments among the people. In these riots Muslims were the main...

Int’l Day to Combat Islamophobia: UN Chief’s Remarks | United Nations

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, addresses Member States at the UN General Assembly on International Day to Combat Islamophobia.

Hate crime committed against foreign students in Gujarat University

Foreign students attacked in GU, rooms and motorcycles vandalised over namaz row

The “Internal Orientalism” of Indian Media 

The Indian media continue to spread Islamophobic discourse and misrepresent Muslims. To create religious animosity and demonize the minority Muslims, the mainstream media have again resorted to publishing fake news. This is a key finding of Boom Live analysis for the year 2023.

Ghastly murder of a minor girl on street fuels communal fire: Delhi

Violence of another kind grips Delhi: the victim, a 16-year-old girl, was stabbed more than 20 times, head bludgeoned with a stone as bystanders stand & watch

The Kerala Story: When Cinema Becomes the Tool to Spread Hate

It is alarming to see the rise of propaganda...

The Kerala Story: a movie with preposterous claims peppered with Islamophobia

The movie’s teaser and trailer has met with much criticism from all fronts accusing the director-producers for making outrageous claims about conversions and women “joining the ISIS”

Saffron Bigotry threatens Muslim existence in India

Brazen mobilizations by hate driven outfits, unchecked by law enforcement and the state have generated fear in the Muslim community, a fear that has turned inwards into more restrictions for Muslim women

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

Anti-Islamophobia day

The UN marked the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia with a special event scheduled for today. March 15, where speakers upheld the need for concrete action in the face of rising hatred

PCI censures ‘Star of Mysore’ newspaper for anti-Muslim editorial

The evening newspaper had in its editorial blamed the community for spread of the corona pandemic

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