In Telangana’s Medak, BJP’s growing clout emboldens ‘Gau Rakshaks’

While the Muslim residents maintain that the latest communal conflagration was unexpected, the tall Chatrapathi Shivaji statue in Medak town stands as evidence of growing clout of Hindutva forces.

#telangana #medak #HinduMobs #CowVigilantes #BJP #BajrangDal #VHP #RSS #GaurakshakSamithi #BJYM #TelanganaPolice #eid #hindutva #IndianMuslims #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/in-telanganas-medak-bjps-growing-clout-emboldens-gau-rakshaks

In Telangana’s Medak, BJP’s growing clout emboldens ‘Gau Rakshaks’

Eid celebrations at Minhaj-ul-Uloom Madrasa in Indira Colony in Medak town of Telangana, on Monday, June 17, were marred by violence and arrests. Muslim elders

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Muslim Man Lynched By Hindu Men in Aligarh; Police Say They Suspected Theft

A video of the accused persons surrounding the man, Farid, at a small crossing in Aligarh and thrashing him with lathis and assaulting him with kicks and punches was widely shared on social media.

#UttarPradesh #aligarh #lynching #HinduMobs #IndianMuslims #hindutva #communalism #BJPStates #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/muslim-man-lynched-hindu-group-aligarh

Muslim Man Lynched By Hindu Men in Aligarh; Police Say They Suspected Theft

A video of the accused persons surrounding the man, Farid, at a small crossing in Aligarh and thrashing him with lathis and assaulting him with kicks and punches was widely shared on social media.

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New NCERT textbook removes mention of Babri Masjid, calls it ‘3-domed structure’, says 2019 SC ruling ‘classic example’ of consensus

It has pruned the section on the demolition of the historic mosque by Hindu nationalist mobs from four to two pages and deleted telling details from the earlier version.

#NCERTtextbooks #NCERT #BabriMasjidDemolition #BabriMasjid #HinduMobs #BJP #NDA #education #communalism #hindutva #history #histodon #india

https://maktoobmedia.com/india/new-ncert-textbook-removes-mention-of-babri-masjid-calls-it-3-domed-structure-says-2019-sc-ruling-classic-example-of-consensus/

New NCERT textbook removes mention of Babri Masjid, calls it ‘3-domed structure’, says 2019 SC ruling ‘classic example’ of consensus

The new NCERT Class 12 Political Science textbook does not mention the Babri Masjid by name, calling it a “three-domed structure.”

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Four years after facing an attack, Caravan staffers made the accused in FIR at Bhajanpura police station

On 11 August 2020, a mob assaulted three journalists working with The Caravan—Shahid Tantray, Prabhjit Singh and a woman journalist—in northeast Delhi’s Subhash Mohalla neighbourhood. The journalists were subjected to communal slurs and threatened with murder; the woman reporter was sexually harassed.

#delhi #bhajanpura #TheCaravan #DelhiPolice #BJP #SexualAssault #HinduMobs #hindutva #DelhiRiots #IndianMuslims #PressFreedom #media #india

https://caravanmagazine.in/media/four-years-after-facing-attack-caravan-staffers-made-accused-bhajanpura-police-station

Four years after facing an attack, Caravan staffers made the accused in FIR at Bhajanpura police station

The staffers were attacked in 2020 while reporting on allegations against the police. The FIR on their attack remains pending.

Mob Lynching: Two Men Transporting Buffaloes Killed, One Severely Injured in Chattisgarh

Fourteen-fifteen people had attacked them, two of them were beaten to death and their bodies were thrown from the bridge onto the river bed, as per the third person who is critically injured.

#chhattisgarh #raipur #CowLynchings #CowVigilantism #IndianMuslims #HinduMobs #hindutva #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/mob-lynching-two-men-transporting-buffaloes-killed-one-severely-injured-in-chattisgarh

Mob Lynching: Two Men Transporting Buffaloes Killed, One Severely Injured in Chattisgarh

Fourteen-fifteen people had attacked them, two of them were beaten to death and their bodies were thrown from the bridge onto the river bed, as per the third person who is critically injured.

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Delhi Riots: How A Delhi Police Investigating Officer Framed 9 Muslim Men For An Attack By A Hindu Mob

A Delhi police investigating officer used planted witnesses and concocted statements to fabricate a case against nine Muslim men charged with setting fire to an eatery run by a Muslim man, which, a judge found, was attacked by the Hindu mob during the Delhi riots in February 2020. Dismissing the case in March this year, one of at least 60 cases to be so dismissed in four years, the judge said the statements were “artificially prepared”.

#delhi #DelhiRiots #DelhiPolice #AntiMuslimRiots #HinduMobs #IndianMuslims #CAA #AntiCAAProtests #torture #india

https://article-14.com/post/delhi-riots-how-a-delhi-police-investigating-officer-framed-9-muslim-men-for-an-attack-by-a-hindu-mob-66569d8b05c28

Delhi Riots: How A Delhi Police Investigating Officer Framed 9 Muslim Men For An Attack By A Hindu Mob

A Delhi police investigating officer used planted witnesses and concocted statements to fabricate a case against nine Muslim men charged with setting fire to an eatery run by a Muslim man, which, a judge found, was attacked by the Hindu mob during the Delhi riots in February 2020. Dismissing the case in March this year, one of at least 60 cases to be so dismissed in four years, the judge said the statements were “artificially prepared”. The police have so far claimed this case was one of those that sparked the riots on 23 February 2020. Two-thirds of those killed in the riots were Muslim. Eighteen of the 20 accused of planning the violence are Muslim.

Scars of disharmony keep pot boiling: Hindu-Muslim wedge festers in North East Delhi

Kanhaiya Kumar is contesting from North East Delhi. His opponent is the BJP’s sitting MP Manoj Tiwari, who traces his roots to Kaimur district in Bihar.

#delhi #NorthEastDelhi #KanhaiyaKumar #ManijTiwari #congress #BJP #DelhiRiots #DelhiPogrom #hindutva #HinduMobs #IndianMuslims #india

https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/scars-of-disharmony-keep-pot-boiling-hindu-muslim-wedge-festers-in-north-east-delhi/cid/2021257

This 27-Year-Old From Tripura Is Fighting Hate On The Internet With AI

Aindriya Barua built a bot that tech giants should have - it can detect hate comments, hate codes, hate with context and remove it from platforms, not just for the users.

#tripura #AI #HateSpeech #casteism #communalism #hindutva #queerphobia #LGBTQIA #LGBT #HindutvaTrolls #ShhorAI #AindriyaBarua #meta #instagram #reddit #SocialMedia #HinduMobs #BigTech #india

https://www.boomlive.in/decode/this-27-year-old-from-tripura-is-fighting-hate-on-the-internet-with-ai-25237

This 27-Year-Old From Tripura Is Fighting Hate On The Internet With AI | BOOM

Aindriya Barua built a bot that tech giants should have - it can detect hate comments, hate codes, hate with context and remove it from platforms, not just for the users.

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Malgaon stands up to polarisation

Hindu mobs are attacking shrines at which people of many faiths have worshipped for centuries. A determined village shows how syncretic ways of living can still be revived.

#maharashtra #malgaon #ReligiousHarmony #syncretism #BJP #hindutva #HinduMobs #IndianMuslims #india

https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/malgaon-stands-up-to-polarisation/

Malgaon stands up to polarisation

Hindu mobs are attacking shrines at which people of many faiths have worshipped for centuries. A determined village shows how syncretic ways of living can still be revived #RuralIndiaOnline

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Telangana: Saffron-Clad Men Vandalise Catholic School in Mancherial, 2 FIRs Lodged

According to the police, the mob launched its attack after accusing the school management of refusing to allow some students to sit for exams after they had turned up in saffron clothes instead of school uniform.

#telangana #mancherial #HinduMobs #CatholicSchools #hindutva #CommunalViolence #IndianChristians #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/telangana-saffron-clad-men-vandalise-catholic-school-in-mancherial-2-firs-lodged

Telangana: Saffron-Clad Men Vandalise Catholic School in Mancherial, 2 FIRs Lodged

According to the police, the mob launched its attack after accusing the school management of refusing to allow some students to sit for exams after they had turned up in saffron clothes instead of school uniform.

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