Monthly Archives: April 2020
Coronavirus is proving to be another excuse to marginalise India’s Muslims
By Samar Halarnkar
Last week, I exited a family WhatsApp group after listening to a particularly inaccurate, agitated and rambling rant—falsely attributed to the steel baron...
Coronavirus conspiracy theories targeting Muslims spread in India
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Shaikh Azizur Rahman in Kolkata
The men who beat Mehboob Ali did so without mercy. Dragging him to a field in the...
In India, Coronavirus Fans Religious Hatred
By Jeffrey Gettleman, Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj
NEW DELHI — After India’s health ministry repeatedly blamed an Islamic seminary for spreading the coronavirus — and governing party officials...
Muslim welder’s shop set on fire in Kaithal
By Vijender Kumar
KAITHAL: Two days after some miscreants set a Muslim welder's shop on fire in Kaithal district's Keorak village -- adopted by Haryana...
UP Police Stop Muslim Couple’s Wedding, ‘Torture’ Groom Overnight on ‘Love...
The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar stopped a Muslim couple’s wedding took them in custody based on a rumour of “love jihad” on Tuesday....
Two booked for banning entry of Muslims in Karnataka village
Two persons from Ankanahalli of neighbouring Ramanagaram district have been booked for asking the villagers to prevent the entry of Muslims following the outbreak...
Delhi: Muslim Man Beaten Up on Suspicion He ‘Planned to Spread...
New Delhi: A man who had returned to his house in Bawana in northwest Delhi after attending a Tablighi Jamaat conference in Bhopal was allegedly...
Discrimination Against Muslims under India’s New Citizenship Policy
Indians protesting against the new citizenship law and verification policies at Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim-majority neighborhood in Delhi that became the iconic image of...
Attacks on Muslims in the Name of COVID-19 Surge Across India
By ADITYA MENON
Despite a nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 threat, attacks on Muslims have increased in different parts of India in the past...
QBengaluru: 163 Corona Cases in K’taka; Muslim Volunteers Attacked
By The Quint
1. 12 New Cases Take State’s Coronavirus Count to 163
Twelve fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported in Karnataka on Monday, taking the...
Three Muslim men attacked on suspicion of participating in Tablighi Jamaat...
A group of villagers on Monday attacked three Muslim men at Bidari village in Bagalkot district accusing them of being responsible for the spread...
Volunteers distributing relief material attacked
By K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj
Some of the family members of Zareen Taj, an activist with Swaraj Abhiyan, were attacked allegedly by members of a Hindu...
Police arrest four for firing at Gurugram mosque where Tablighi Jamaat...
By Aayush Goel
The Gurugram police today nabbed four local men for allegedly firing at a mosque in Dhankot village yesterday. The police had got...
