No data available on attack on minorities, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

Union minister Smriti Irani said that it was up to the state governments to maintain law and order and prosecute crimes against citizens, including minorities.

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· Jul 28, 2022 · 10:03 am

‘Silence not an option’: Veteran journalists on attacks on minorities in India

The journalists said that sections of media have also to turn themselves into ‘conduits of hate speech’.

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· Mar 23, 2022 · 07:51 pm

Gurugram: Two Muslim men allegedly beaten up, say faced religious slurs

The police said that a case was registered against unidentified assailants on the basis of a complaint filed by Abdur Rehman and Mohammad Azam.

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· Mar 08, 2022 · 11:41 am

Why are Christians being attacked in Adivasi villages in Chhattisgarh?

The police have allegedly been told to play down the communal nature of such incidents.

Bela Bhatia

· Dec 14, 2020 · 06:30 am

Maharashtra: Two Muslim men in Aurangabad forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’

The incident occurred in the city’s Azad Chowk area on Sunday night. The attackers abused the two men and threatened to kill them.

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· Jul 22, 2019 · 02:03 pm

Labour Party MP writes to UK government about attacks on Muslims in India

Jonathan Ashworth, who is a member of the shadow Cabinet and represents Leicester South in Parliament, said the situation was extremely worrying.

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· Jul 15, 2019 · 12:37 pm

Kanpur: 16-year-old Muslim boy assaulted for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, say police

Mohammad Taj claimed that the attackers removed his skullcap, and attacked him a few hundred metres away from his home in the city’s Barra locality.

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· Jun 29, 2019 · 07:10 pm

Jharkhand: Muslim man dies four days after mob beats him up, forces him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Tabrej Ansari’s family has filed a police complaint based on videos of his assault that are circulating on social media.

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· Jun 23, 2019 · 03:48 pm

Gurugram: Three men arrested for forcefully shaving Muslim man’s beard

This was an isolated incident and no organisation was involved in it, said a top police officer.

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· Aug 02, 2018 · 05:41 pm

West Bengal: Muslim man assaulted for failing to name PM, forced to say ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’

A video of the incident that occurred on May 14 went viral on social media.

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· May 25, 2018 · 02:43 pm

A Pakistani Hindu forwards a WhatsApp message, gets attacked by mob on allegations of blasphemy

Vijay, a 24-year-old shopkeeper in Balochistan, fell victim to a trap for uneducated minorities.

Reema Abbasi

· May 22, 2017 · 09:30 pm