NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An 18-year-old Muslim college student was beaten to death by a group of men in India’s western state of Maharashtra over suspicions that he was romantically involved with a Hindu girl, triggering outrage and demands for justice from Muslim organizations. The victim, Sameer Jabbar Patel, was attacked on Nov. 3 [&...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Members of nomadic Muslim communities in India’s southern state of Telangana staged a hunger strike outside a government office in Karimnagar, demanding affirmative action benefits, financial assistance and protection of traditional livelihoods amid persistent economic and educational marginalization. The peacef...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A U.S. government religious freedom watchdog has raised concerns over attacks targeting Sikh places of worship in India and urged Washington to link security assistance to New Delhi’s response to violence against religious minorities. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an i...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hundreds of villagers in India’s central state of Chhattisgarh have demanded an investigation into more than 40 churches over claims of illegal construction and religious conversions, raising concerns about potential scrutiny of Christian communities amid growing religious tensions in the country. Residents repr...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The imam of a century-old mosque in India’s capital has appealed to the federal government to abandon plans to demolish the historic place of worship, warning that the structure predates the government offices surrounding it and remains an important religious site for local Muslims. Noor Muhammed, imam of Qadeem...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian authorities demolished structures in two residential colonies in a Muslim-majority neighborhood of Haryana state on Tuesday, leaving families facing displacement and prompting accusations of religious discrimination from residents who said officials refused to examine their property documents. The demolition to...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim rights organization in India’s Gujarat state has demanded action against cow vigilante groups accused of extorting and assaulting livestock transporters, while also seeking accountability for police officers involved in public beatings, humiliating parades and other forms of extrajudicial punishment. Th...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim prayer room at a shopping mall in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, has reportedly been demolished following protests by Hindu extremist groups, who demanded its removal after a video showing two young Muslim girls explaining the facility went viral on social media. The controversy erupted at Inorbit M...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim organizations in India’s western Maharashtra state have launched a statewide signature campaign to protect Islamic family laws from proposed government legislation that could replace religiously based rules governing marriage, divorce and inheritance with a common legal framework for all communities. The ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s northeastern Assam state demolished homes belonging to approximately 550 Bengali Muslim families on Sunday, Nov. 1, deploying more than 50 bulldozers in a massive eviction operation that affected nearly 4,000 residents amid an intensifying campaign of demolitions under the state’s Hi...
