India: Surge in Summary Punishments of Muslims (HRW.ORG)
(New York) – The authorities in India are increasingly using summary and abusive punishments against Muslims deemed to have broken the law, Human Rights Watch said...
Karnataka: Crowd Enters 15th Century Madrasa Shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram,’ Performs Hindu Rituals (The...
New Delhi: Four people have been arrested from a large crowd of Dussehra revellers who forcibly entered a 15th-century madrasa, chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and...
‘Weapons Will Be Needed in Future’: BJP Leader Sangeet Som Issues Call to Arms...
New Delhi: BJP leader and former MLA Sangeet Som asked Rajputs to take up arms during an ayudha puja (worship of weapons) event organised by the Rajput Utthan Sabha...
India’s Hindu nationalism is exporting its Islamophobia (Religion News)
By Omar Suleiman / Religion News
(RNS) — For years, one of the biggest threats to Muslims in the world has been the reinvention and...
MP: Homes of 3 Muslims Razed After Driving Rift Takes Communal Turn (News Click)
By Kashif Kakvi ./ News Click
Bhopal: A rift between 14-year-old Salman Khan and 32-year-old Shivlal Patidar over a speeding bike took a communal turn...
India police flogging Muslims ‘serious rights violation’: Amnesty (Aljazeera)
Human rights group Amnesty International has called the flogging of Muslim men by police in the western Indian state of Gujarat “a serious human...
Hindu Rashtra concept being taken seriously, there is no risk to minorities: RSS chief...
The RSS chief, on Wednesday, said the concept of “Hindu Rashtra” is being taken seriously.
“Now, when the Sangh is receiving the affection and confidence...
How Hindu-Muslim tensions in Leicester were fanned by fake news from India (Scroll)
By Rina Chandran, Thomson / Reuters Foundation News
Rumour had it that a Muslim girl had been kidnapped and a Hindu temple had sent masked...
‘Garba jihad’: How Navratri became a communal flashpoint in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (Scroll)
In April, processions during Ram Navami sparked communal conflagrations across the country. Leading up to Navratri on September 26, communal tensions returned. This time, they were...
Days after RSS’s Hosabale criticised Modi government, Mohan Bhagwat offered praise. What’s going on?...
By Vivek Deshpande / Scroll
The all-important Dussehra speech of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday must have come as surprise to commentators who barely...
What Triggered the RSS General Secretary’s Tirade Against the Modi Government? (The Wire)
By Badri Raina / The Wire
First a snapshot of what has reportedly been said.
Then the “who said it.”
that “poverty stands like a demon before...
Inside The Shadowy, Deadly World Of Kashmir’s Teenage ‘Hybrid Militants’ (Article14)
By AUQIB JAVEED / Article14
Srinagar: Ineligible for a driving licence, the 15-year-old left home on his brother’s motorcycle, clearing many security checkpoints during a 3.5-km...
BJP leader calls for arming Hindus
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Uttar Pradesh state, while spewing venom against the Muslim community, pitches for arming Hindus.
