16 mosques vandalized, 3 set ablaze by violent Hindutva mobs in Tripura: APCR
TRIPURA – Sixteen mosques were vandalized, and three were set ablaze by violent Hindutva mobs in Tripura in the last week, activists have said.
Tripura has...
State Witnesses Spike in Attacks on Indian Christians Following Announcement of Anti-Conversion Law
(International Christian Concern) – 45-year-old Ramya was one of five Christians brutally attacked by radical Hindu nationalists on October 17, 2021. When Christians arrived...
Muslims Were Once Powerful Megastars in Bollywood. Not in Modi’s India.
By Arman Khan
An Indian court just granted Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood’s biggest superstar Shah Rukh Khan, bail, almost four weeks after he was...
Abuse against Shami: Wake up before it’s too late
By Mahtab Alam
On Sunday, soon after India lost to Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup match, the only Muslim player in the Indian team,...
Bollywood star’s Diwali firecrackers comment blows up culture wars against Muslims in India
By Amrit Dhillon
Top Bollywood star Aamir Khan has been attacked online for commenting on a Hindu tradition in one of the latest examples of Indian Muslims being subjected...
Caste Quandary The social profile of Hindu nationalism and its unease over reservations
By CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT
From the very start, the Hindu nationalist movement has been borne by the upper castes due to the social conservatism it promotes....
Tripura: Anti-Muslim violence flares up in Indian state
By Subir Bhaumik
Tension prevails in India's north-eastern state of Tripura following attacks on mosques and properties owned by Muslims.
Security has been tightened and restrictions...
Bajrang Dal Members Threaten Hall Owners, Get 2 Mumbai Shows of Munawar Faruqui Cancelled
New Delhi: Two shows featuring stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui were cancelled after members of the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal travelled from Gujarat to Mumbai and...
Photojournalist, his brother arrested by NIA in Kashmir, taken to New Delhi
By Zainab
Marked on a calendar that hangs by the kitchen wall, Mohammad Manan’s father, Gulzar Ahmed Dar has scribbled the names of his two...
Q&A: ‘Religious freedom conditions in India greatly concerning’
By Raqib Hameed Naik
Boston, United States – In April this year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal government commission, recommended India...
The Indian Government is Fuelling Anti-Hindu Violence in Bangladesh
Muslims in the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura, which shares a border with Bangladesh, have been under attack from radicalised Hindu nationalists for seven...
Zakia Jafri case: All we want is an investigation, argues senior counsel Kapil Sibal
Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioners highlighted the main grievance that arises from the closure report filed by the Special Investigation Team...
Mosques attacked in Tripura, Muslim prayers threatened in Haryana
In their reaction to the recent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, hundreds of people have vandalized some mosques, shops and homes in the Indian...