NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sparked outrage after leading a “purification” ritual using cow urine at a centuries-old fort in western India’s Maharashtra state, in what opposition leaders and civil rights advocates say is a Hindutva-driven provocation against Muslims....
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has drawn condemnation after describing Muslims as “namak haram”—a Hindi–Urdu term meaning “betrayer” or “ungrateful”—during a political rally, in remarks widely condemned as hate speech aimed at polarising voters. Giriraj Singh, a cabinet minister and pro...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In yet another sign of India’s shrinking academic space, British scholar Francesca Orsini, a leading historian of Hindi literature, was denied entry into the country and deported on Monday night despite holding a valid five-year visa. Orsini, professor emerita at SOAS University of London and author of the acclaimed ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A proposal by the Hindu nationalist group Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) to rename India’s capital as “Indraprastha” has reignited debates over cultural erasure and historical revisionism, drawing sharp criticism from historians, educators, and civil rights advocates. The VHP, an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sa...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh’s interim government has cancelled ten projects and agreements previously signed with India, marking the most extensive review of bilateral cooperation since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s departure from office. The move was announced by Local Government Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, who published a ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Prominent Muslim scholars and online preachers have welcomed the return of Indian ex-Muslim activist Sahil to Islam, calling it a “sign of divine guidance” and “vindication of the Qur’an’s truth” after years of his involvement in anti-Islamic propaganda. Sahil, once one of the most vocal figures in India’s ex-Muslim m...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in central India have filed charges against four men, including a local elected official, after a Dalit man — a member of India’s most oppressed caste — alleged that he was beaten, urinated on, and subjected to caste-based insults over a dispute linked to a village construction project. The […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 13-year-old Muslim girl in southern India has been forced to leave her school after administrators barred her from wearing a hijab, a decision that has reignited debate over religious freedom and the growing marginalization of Muslims in India’s education system. The incident took place at St. Rita’s School, a [&hel...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim member of India’s parliament, Iqra Hasan, has faced a barrage of Islamophobic abuse after being called a “terrorist” and “mulli” — a slur for Muslim women — by members of a Hindu nationalist group during a visit to northern India. Hasan, a lawmaker from the opposition Samajwadi Party […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslim scholars and community leaders in India have urged authorities in the state of Telangana to take strict legal action against T. Raja Singh, a state legislator from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after he made derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad during a public rally i...
