Delhi Police officer kicks men offering namaz, suspended
The officer was identified as Sub-Inspector Manoj Kumar Tomar (35), in-charge of the Inderlok police post in north Delhi. The incident triggered tension and protests in the area.
How was this carnage reduced to an event that seems to hold little significance in the public memory today? The answer may lie at the nexus of questionable political decisions, an ineffective legal system, an indifferent media and the lack of political representation for Bengali Muslims in Assam.
Haldwani: Muslims fear death toll may be higher than 20, says fact-finding report
“There was a continuous police firing in different city areas with approximately 1000-2000 rounds fired in two hours. However, the media only reported 350 rounds fired.”
The Beneficiaries Of The Tinderbox Toolkit Used By Hindu Nationalists In The Mumbai Suburb of Mira-Bhayander
Three times during Ramzan in 2023, provocation of Muslims in Mira-Bhayander failed to yield a riot. Helped along by Hindutva pop songs, Hindu nationalist influencers, godmen, disinformation on social media—and a virulent new avatar of the local BJP legislator—the carefully constructed powder keg of Mira Road only needed a spark.
‘There Is Nothing More Unconstitutional, Nothing More Cruel:’ Muslims Before Ram Temple Consecration
Lay low, stay indoors and avoid travel. These are some of the things Indian Muslims we spoke to said they would do, as the BJP and its supporters organise a nationwide celebration on 22 January, with widespread media coverage and State backing. But for most of India’s 200 million Muslims, the temple is still a site of loss and grief.
The forgotten massacre of Jammu Muslims in 1947 set a template of impunity and violence
State troopers as well Hindus and Sikhs fleeing the violence of Partition have been accused of mass atrocities in the former princely state under Hari Singh.
Rajasthan: Junaid-Nasir Were Killed 9 Months Ago, Their Families Remain In Dread
The villagers say they continue to fear for their lives, worried that they could meet the same fate as Junaid and Nasir if they tread too far from familiarity.
How state-backed Hindutva rhetoric is fuelling the ethnic cleansing of Uttarakhand
Extremist organisations project the hill state as the ‘holy land’ of Hindus and Muslims a ‘polluting presence’ unleashing a battery of ‘jihads’, writes Harsh Mander.