NEW DELHI, India — At least ten Muslims have been arrested across India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly sharing or displaying “I Love Muhammad” posters and videos, in what police describe as attempts to “disturb communal harmony.” Rights groups, however, see the crackdown as part of a broader campaign to criminalize Muslim reli...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) —In yet another sign of India’s deepening communal divide, a far-right Hindu group has launched a street campaign in northern India accusing Muslim men of spreading a so-called “mehndi jihad” — a fabricated conspiracy linking a cultural tradition to “love jihad” propaganda. The campaign, led by the women’s wing of the [...
HYDERABAD, India (MNTV) — A 17-year-old Muslim delivery worker was brutally assaulted in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad after allegedly being attacked upon revealing his name — an incident that rights groups say reflects India’s deepening atmosphere of Islamophobia. The victim, Mohammed Nadeem, a resident of the city’s Edi Bazar area, w...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Supreme Court judge has drawn criticism after ridiculing the United Nations refugee agency for issuing identity cards to asylum seekers in India, questioning its role in the country’s refugee process. During a hearing earlier this week, Justice Surya Kant remarked that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge...
BENGALURU, India (MNTV) — Police in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru have registered a criminal case against a college student after a video showed him wearing a T-shirt depicting the map and flag of “Azad Kashmir,” a term used in Pakistan for the portion of Kashmir it administers. Authorities said the student, identified as […]...
HYDERABAD, India (MNTV) — A solidarity march for Palestine at a university in southern India descended into chaos after police and members of a right-wing Hindu student group allegedly attacked demonstrators, in what students say reflects India’s increasingly hostile climate toward pro-Palestine activism. The demonstration, held Tuesday evenin...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Supreme Court has issued notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after its Assam unit released an artificial intelligence–generated video portraying Muslims as “taking over” the state if the party lost power — an episode that lays bare how Islamophobia has become...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Supreme Court has ruled that a verbal gift of property made under Islamic law is legally binding, even without a written document, provided three essential conditions are met — clear intent by the donor, acceptance by the recipient, and transfer of possession. The verdict, delivered by Justices Ahsanuddin Ama...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s main opposition Congress party has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and the Election Commission of orchestrating the large-scale removal of women voters in the eastern state of Bihar, calling it an attempt to manipulate future elections. At a press briefing in New Delhi, Congress women’s wing ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, ruled by Hindu militant monk and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath, have sealed the motorcycle showroom of a Muslim councillor battling cancer — the latest in a string of punitive actions seen as part of an anti-muslim campaign. According to Clarion India, officials [&h...
