A video posted on Twitter showing a hijab-wearing Muslim student being heckled by a Hindu far-right mob at a college in Karnataka state has caused outrage...
Outrage after hijab-wearing woman heckled by Hindu mob in India
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Religious Persecution
Indian leaders must stop marginalization of Muslim women, says Malala Yousafzai
Amid the widespread uproar as Muslim students are not being allowed to wear Hijab in colleges in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel...
As Officials Look Away, Hate Speech in India Nears Dangerous Levels
Activists and analysts say calls for anti-Muslim violence — even genocide — are moving from the fringes to the mainstream, while political leaders keep...
Schools ordered shut in southern India as hijab ban protests intensify
Authorities in southern India ordered schools to shut on Tuesday as protests intensified over a ban on hijab that has outraged Muslim students.The stand-off...
India likely to witness massacres of Muslims, say Genocide Watch, 18 other HR organizations over hate-speeches
‘Modi has not spoken about genocidal calls despite his obligation to denounce such threat calls’As Muslims in India continue to face threat calls by...
India’s top court intervenes in hate speeches against Muslims
The top court issues notice to Uttarakhand state after calls by Hindu religious leaders to take up arms against Muslims during a meeting last month.India’s...
Christians on edge in India’s Karnataka ruled by Modi’s BJP
At least 42 attacks on Christians and their places of worship recorded this year in southern state as it mulls a controversial anti-conversion law.Bengaluru,...
Pak summons Indian diplomat over hate speeches against minorities
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and conveyed its concern over the alleged hate speeches...
India restricts foreign funding for Mother Teresa’s charity
Move to block foreign funds of the Missionaries of Charity comes after Hindu right-wing groups disrupt Christmas celebrationsIndia has moved to cut off...
‘We will cut you up’: A glimpse of violence Christians face in India
At least 305 incidents of attacks on churches and Christians have been reported during the first nine months of 2021 aloneOn a cool and pleasant morning on...
Jesus statue smashed in spate of attacks on India’s Christian community
Amid growing intolerance to India’s Christian minority, several Christmas events were targeted by Hindu right wing groupsFestive celebrations were disrupted,...
Mosque closure in Kashmir contradicts India’s religious freedom claim
The constant restrictions on prayers and closure of Srinagar's great Jamia Masjid mosque make Muslims feel like chains have been wrapped around their throats,...
Muslims in India’s Tripura remain in fear after mosques targeted
Locals allege more than a dozen mosques vandalised in northeastern state in apparent retaliation to anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh.Tripura, India– Liton...
‘They’re mocking our religion’: Anger and frustration in Kashmir as Jamia Masjid remains locked for Friday prayers
Praying in the mild autumn sun, resting against the walls of Srinagar’s century old Jamia Masjid, Shakeela had come all the way from Budgam’s village of...
FRIDAY PRAYERS AGAIN DISALLOWED AT JAMIA MASJID, DARGAH HAZRATBAL
SRINAGAR, Sep 24: No congregational prayers were offered at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid – the grand mosque of Kashmir and Dargah Hazratbal for the 7th consecutive...
Opinion: Hindu Mobs, anti-Muslim Boycotts: In Modi’s India, the Echoes of 1930s Germany Are Growing Louder
Modi is talking to world leaders about the threat of Islamist radicalization. But the real threat to India comes from a radicalizing Hindu majority fueled by...
‘Shown their place’: Muslim livelihoods under attack in India
Experts say rising attacks on Muslim vendors and businesses by Hindu supremacist groups point to a worrying trend.New Delhi, India – Not everyone in India is...
They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims
Persecution in a remote Indian province spawned Modi’s new draconian citizenship law.One November morning in 2015, a 37-year-old woman named Sahera Khatun...
Friday prayers disallowed in Hyderpora Jamia Masjid for third straight week
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has disallowed congregational Friday prayers at the Hyederpora Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, for the third consecutive week....
Police fire tear gas to break up Muslim gathering in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir fired tear gas and warning shots Tuesday to disperse Shiite Muslims who attempted to participate in...
‘Deep-rooted prejudice’: Pakistan condemns India’s restrictions on Eid rituals in occupied Kashmir
Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the reported restrictions imposed by Indian authorities on Eidul Azha prayers and sacrifice of animals in...
“Important to make an Israel”: Kashmiri Pandit leaders want military approach
A day after Kashmiri Pandit councilor, Rakesh Pandit, was killed by militants in south Kashmir’s Tral, Kashmiri Pandit leaders and activists based in Jammu...
Masood highlights plight of people in India-held Kashmir
KARACHI: “Every day in India-occupied Kashmir is like doomsday and today is no different. Today also the mothers there will mourn over the bodies of their...
India trying to make IIOJK a Hindu state: AJK president
KARACHI: President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) Sardar Masood Khan has said that India is trying to make Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir...