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Police Constable Assaulted in Gujarat Because of His ‘Muslim Identity’

A police constable was beaten on Friday evening in Vadodara city allegedly by the religious hardliners of the majority community. Sanjay Kharat, DCP, Zone-3 of...

Police Constable Assaulted in Gujarat Because of His ‘Muslim Identity’

By Ujjawal Krishnam Ujjawal Krishnam 24 Aug 2019 A police constable was beaten on Friday evening in Vadodara city allegedly by the religious hardliners of the majority...

Fear and uncertainty around Kashmir’s future

Last week in a controversial move, India revoked the auto-nomous status of Jammu and Kashmir, allowing India greater authority over the state’s affairs. The...

‘This is it. I’m going to die’: India’s minorities are targeted in lynchings

"It's like they are trying to erase us — erase all of my people," says Jaibuna, the widow of Pehlu Khan. The 55-year-old Muslim...

‘This Is It. I’m Going To Die’: India’s Minorities Are Targeted In Lynchings

By LAUREN FRAYER Last year, a long-distance truck driver, Mohammad Hashim, was hauling a load of refrigerators out of New Delhi when a dozen strangers...

Spate Of Lynchings Target Minorities, Especially Muslims, In India

BY LAUREN FRAYER Mobs in India are lynching minorities. Many accuse the Hindu nationalist government of failing to forcefully condemn the violence. Activists have launched...

Kashmir’s struggle did not start in 1947 and will not end today

India's decision to revoke Article 370 is just another chapter in Kashmir's long history of imperial oppression.

‘Holy cow’ manifesto leaves economy in the lurch

The political imbroglio over cows defies economic and political logic The dreaded phenomenon of lynching of mostly the minorities and dalits in the name of...

Kashmir is under the heel of India’s colonialism

Kashmiris are claimed in the name of democracy and further colonized in the name of development

India struggles with religious lynchings

Over the last five years, India has seen an outbreak of religious hate crimes, with an average of one happening every week. Many of...

The story of Indian democracy written in blood and betrayal

"BJP thinks it is going to Indianise Kashmir. Instead, we will see, potentially, the Kashmirisation of India."

What the Criminalization of Instant Divorce Means for India’s Muslims

By DANISH RAZA In January 2016, Afreen Rehman, a resident of Jaipur, in northwest India, was recovering from a road accident when her husband sent...

India’s media can’t speak truth to power

After an emphatic electoral victory in May, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces important challenges in his second term. Growth has slowed to a...

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