NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian court has denied a Muslim schoolgirl permission to wear a hijab with her prescribed school uniform, ruling that educational institutions can enforce dress codes in the name of discipline and equality. The Allahabad High Court issued the ruling on Aug. 21 after the Class 11 student challenged her […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Three Christian women were detained in India’s central Chhattisgarh state after members of a Hindu hardline group disrupted a prayer gathering at a private home and accused participants of illegally converting people to Christianity. The Aug. 22 incident in state capital Raipur came to light after video surfaced showi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state have bulldozed a large part of an Islamic school after a Hindu hardline priest accused its head of illegally converting Hindus to Islam, prompting allegations that officials acted under pressure from the cleric. Officials demolished much of Darul Uloom Rahimiya in Mu...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A United Nations watchdog has raised serious concerns over killings, torture and other abuses by Indian law enforcement against Dalits, tribal communities and religious minorities, while calling for urgent action against discrimination and hate crimes targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims. The U.N. Committee on the Elimi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in northern India detained five Christians after Hindu extremists stormed a Sunday prayer gathering, harassed worshippers and accused them of illegally converting people to Christianity. The Aug. 23 attack occurred at a Christian gathering in Kathauli village in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district, according to ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in northern India have arrested three Muslim men after a video showed a black religious flag bearing the words “Ya Hussain,” with authorities reportedly objecting to a design they said resembled an AK-47 rifle. The arrests were made in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh after footage of the flag […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim woman politician and her son were assaulted and subjected to religious abuse during a municipal meeting in eastern India, with the son saying he was called a “terrorist” as police officers stood nearby. The attack took place during a Bettiah Municipal Corporation board meeting in Bihar’s West Champaran [&hell...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim man in northern India was forced to touch the feet of Hindu pilgrims and apologize after entering a road designated for a major religious procession, with police officers present as the public humiliation unfolded. The 35-year-old motorcyclist was surrounded by Kanwariyas (Hindu pilgrims) in Rampur district o...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Catholic leaders in southern India are demanding an independent judicial investigation into the fatal shooting of three Christian men by government forest personnel, challenging whether lethal force was necessary and joining growing calls for accountability over the deaths. The Catholic Church intensified its demand a...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian security forces used dangerous and unlawful weapons against student-led protesters in New Delhi and Bihar, including firing metal pellets into crowds and an assault rifle toward demonstrators, Amnesty International said in an investigation accusing authorities of using excessive force to suppress dissent. Amnes...
