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communal politics

‘Everyone is frightened’: Muslims in Uttarakhand’s Purola recount a campaign to hound them out

Zafar Aafaq
· Jun 15, 2023 · 06:30 am
Interview: Why the Church is backing the BJP in Kerala and what that means for the state’s politics

Asian Lite International
· Jun 12, 2023 · 07:30 am
In Indore, ‘love jihad’ vigilantes from Bajrang Dal have a free run

Zafar Aafaq
· Feb 04, 2023 · 06:30 am
Four months after PFI ban: Fearing police action, former members wind up even routine activism

Zafar Aafaq Rokibuz Zaman
· Jan 27, 2023 · 06:30 am
Why the Madhya Pradesh High Court struck down a law that restricted inter-faith marriages

Umang Poddar
· Nov 22, 2022 · 06:30 am
Why Indian Muslims are feeling under siege from the media coverage of the Shraddha Walkar murder

Zafar Aafaq
· Nov 19, 2022 · 09:00 am
In Jaipur central jail, Muslim prisoners allege assault by officials and other convicts over namaz

Aishwarya Iyer
· Oct 09, 2022 · 09:00 am
‘Garba jihad’: How Navratri became a communal flashpoint in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

Aishwarya Iyer
· Oct 06, 2022 · 04:54 pm
‘Broken our hearts’: Assam madrasa demolitions have left Bengali-origin Muslims feeling besieged

Rokibuz Zaman
· Sep 06, 2022 · 06:30 am
Delhi Police links Jahangirpuri violence to citizenship protests. Politics, say families of accused

Aishwarya Iyer
· Aug 24, 2022 · 06:30 am
On Rohingya refugees, AAP competes with the BJP in communal rhetoric

Ipsita Chakravarty
· Aug 19, 2022 · 06:30 am
Why Bajrang Muni, the priest who threatened Muslim women with rape, may go unpunished

Aishwarya Iyer
· Jul 31, 2022 · 06:30 am
Public worship is everywhere in India – so how are arrests being made for namaz?

Umang Poddar
· Jul 26, 2022 · 06:30 am
Four arrested youth took permission before reading namaz at Lucknow’s LuLu Mall, relatives claim

Aishwarya Iyer
· Jul 22, 2022 · 07:20 pm
At Lucknow’s LuLu Mall, the hope of a better life is disrupted by a communal row

Aishwarya Iyer
· Jul 19, 2022 · 06:00 pm
How communal rumours hid the truth about the deluge in Assam’s Silchar

Rokibuz Zaman
· Jul 12, 2022 · 06:30 am
Why many Varanasi residents are unimpressed by the furore around the Gyanvapi mosque

Aishwarya Iyer
· Jul 10, 2022 · 06:30 am
In Varanasi, worried Muslims flock to Gyanvapi mosque in greater numbers after part of it is sealed

Aishwarya Iyer
· May 21, 2022 · 09:00 am
‘Farzi’ organisation: Why Hindu petitioners in Gyanvapi case have split

Aishwarya Iyer
· May 20, 2022 · 08:00 pm
Why Trads, India’s Alt Right, remain untouched online despite hate crimes

Aishwarya Iyer
· May 13, 2022 · 06:30 am