NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come under fire for spreading Islamophobic propaganda after its Assam unit shared an artificial intelligence–generated video portraying Muslims as outsiders seizing land. Analysts say the incident shows how Hindutva politics is weaponizing new technology to entrench old...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim man acquitted in connection with the 2006 Mumbai train bombings has demanded compensation of 90 million Indian rupees (about $ 1.02 million), arguing that nearly a decade of wrongful incarceration and custodial torture destroyed his youth, family, and career. Abdul Wahid Shaikh, the only accused cleared by a ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — In the central Indian city of Indore, the son of a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has triggered outrage after allegedly instructing shopkeepers to dismiss Muslim employees and vacate rentals occupied by Muslim traders, in what rights advocates describe as an attempt to formalize economic discrimination al...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (MNTV) — Nepal’s youth-led uprising that forced Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli to resign has now spilled into a backlash against Indian television networks, with demonstrators accusing them of acting as “godi media” — a label used in South Asia to describe pro-government, jingoistic outlets aligned with Hindutva politics. Vir...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in India’s Madhya Pradesh state have registered a case against a mosque committee president for hosting an imam without prior police notification, in what community members say reflects growing efforts to criminalize Muslim religious practices under Hindu supremacist pressure. The case was filed in Khandwa dist...
AMMAN, Jordan (MNTV) — The Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) has signed a major agreement with India’s Coromandel International Ltd to supply 500,000 tonnes of phosphate annually, starting in April 2026, in a move set to boost economic and industrial ties between the two countries. The deal was formalized at JPMC’s Industrial Complex in Aq...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Allegations of workplace discrimination have surfaced in India after a Muslim engineer from the northeastern state of Assam said he was denied a job when a recruiter directly asked about his faith. According to The Observer Post, the applicant, 26-year-old Shamim Barbhuiya from the city of Silchar near India’s border ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A coalition of civil society groups has called for the immediate repeal of India’s amended Waqf law, warning that it threatens to disenfranchise Muslims and undermine minority protections. The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), a network of progressive organizations, described the measure as part of a bro...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A 17-year-old Muslim boy in western India is fighting for his life after what community leaders describe as days of brutal torture inside a police station. The case has renewed concern over custodial abuse in the country and its disproportionate impact on minorities. Independent outlet Clarion India reported that Arya...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing backlash after a social media post revived calls to seize historic mosques in Mathura and Kashi, echoing the rhetoric that preceded the destruction of the Babri mosque in 1992. That demolition by Hindu mobs triggered nationwide riots that killed more than 2,000 [...
