From fasting to bullying: How Hindu supremacists are using Navratri to target Muslims

Private celebrations of the nine-day festival are giving way to public assertion by Hindutva groups.

Arunabh Saikia

· Apr 08, 2022 · 06:30 am

Karnataka’s saffron scarf protests against the hijab aren’t new. A college in Koppa saw one in 2018

Before it spread like wildfire across the state, the conflict has simmered for years in a region known as the Hindutva laboratory of the South.

Johanna Deeksha

· Feb 15, 2022 · 06:30 am

Investigation: How VHP and Madhya Pradesh police colluded to put a Christian pastor in jail

The pastor won a court stay on notices about religious conversion. A day later, he was arrested – based on a complaint by a man who denies making the statement.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Dec 22, 2021 · 09:00 am

Gurugram: Over 100 people conduct havan at site marked for namaz in Sector 37

As some Muslims offered namaz, a group of people shouted slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ less than 30 metres away.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 26, 2021 · 11:19 pm

No namaz in Gurugram’s gurudwaras yet as Hindutva groups urge Sikhs to reconsider decision

Hindutva groups want to stop Friday prayers in public spaces – and are unhappy with Sikhs offering to allow Muslims to offer namaz in their premises.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Nov 20, 2021 · 12:56 pm

Gurugram: Muslims pray at businessman’s shop a second time; protestors disrupt namaz at another site

Muslims also did not offer prayers at gurudwaras after Hindutva groups told the gurudwaras not to allow it.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 20, 2021 · 09:59 am

Why Macron’s statement on the Islamist attacks pushes France’s six million Muslims into a corner

His nation is stuck in a rut, endlessly repeating the mistakes of the past, burdened by a flawed framing of identity.

Greg Barton, The Conversation

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Fethi Mansouri, The Conversation

· Oct 30, 2020 · 08:30 pm

‘I believe because it is absurd’: How Christianity’s first meme came to be

The saying widely attributed to writer Tertullian was a misquote.

Peter Harrison, Aeon

· Apr 15, 2018 · 11:30 pm

RSS affiliate plans to marry 2,100 Muslim women to Hindu men from next week

The Hindu Jagran Manch said its ‘beti bachao, bahu lao’ campaign is a form of ‘reverse love jihad’.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 01, 2017 · 01:00 pm

A century-old church dispute in Kerala flares up again as Supreme Court rejects plea on leadership

In its fourth intervention in the row between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions, the court said control of parishes would remain with the former.

TA Ameerudheen

· Nov 19, 2017 · 06:30 am

After Hadiya, now Athira: Why Kerala is in the grip of panic over religious conversions

The state does not have any law restricting freedom of religion but even the courts seem unable to handle the idea of young women exercising their choices.

TA Ameerudheen

· Sep 25, 2017 · 09:00 am

Long before the Babri Masjid, architectural reuse was an intrinsic part of Indian history

Rulers destroyed shrines and built new ones over them, keeping some parts as war trophies. The British gave this a religious twist.

Ruchika Sharma

· Dec 25, 2016 · 12:30 pm