NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in eastern India after villagers accused him of sexually assaulting a minor girl, even as police said the allegation against him had not been verified and remains under investigation. The lynching took place Tuesday in Jharkhand state’s Chatra district, where […]...
SRINAGAR (MNTV) — An independent human rights forum has called for the immediate restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, warning that the region remains politically unstable despite improvements in the security situation and that human rights concerns continue to mount seven years after the revocation of its special constitutional ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sparked outrage with an Islamophobic remark linking Islamic seminaries to terrorism, as the Hindu supremacist government in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh prepares fresh restrictions on madrasa education. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A prominent Muslim student leader who helped lead India’s nationwide protests over examination paper leaks has accused police of targeting her family weeks after the demonstrations ended, alleging that authorities singled her out despite no criminal case being filed against her. Danish Ali, joint secretary of th...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian court has reaffirmed that adult women who voluntarily embrace Islam have the constitutional right to marry partners of their choice, ruling that neither family members nor the state can interfere with those decisions if they are made freely. The observation came from the Allahabad High Court while hearing [&...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim government employee says his family was prevented from purchasing an apartment in southern India after residents objected to having Muslim neighbors, in an incident that has renewed scrutiny of religious discrimination in India’s housing market. The confrontation took place in Warangal, Telangana state,...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Christian organizations in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal have launched a statewide campaign promoting communal harmony after a rise in hate campaigns, misinformation and attacks targeting churches and the Christian community. The initiative, announced by Bangiya Christiya Pariseba (BCP) at a news conference ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian court has ordered a Muslim man accused of offending Hindu religious sentiments to clean the grounds of a Hindu temple every day as a condition of his bail, an unusual judicial directive that has sparked debate over the role of religion in criminal proceedings. The order was issued […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim man from eastern India has alleged that police accused him of participating in nationwide student protests over examination paper leaks despite him living in Russia for the past four months, raising fresh questions about the credibility of criminal cases filed during the government’s crackdown on the de...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian court has acquitted 11 Muslim men who spent up to 827 days in jail over allegations they participated in communal violence during a Hindu religious procession, ruling that prosecutors failed to produce credible evidence linking them to the 2022 unrest. The Sessions Court in Khargone district, in the [&hellip...
