NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A social media influencer in India’s Rajasthan state has been detained after posting a video critical of the Hindutva group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), reigniting concerns over free expression and the shrinking space for political dissent under governments aligned with the Hindu supremacist movement. Nave...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Dalit woman in northern India has accused authorities of demolishing her family’s home without prior notice or an opportunity to challenge the action, adding to growing concerns over the use of bulldozers by governments led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)....
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Members of radical Hindu outfits stormed a Christian prayer gathering in eastern India, assaulting worshippers and disrupting the service over unsubstantiated allegations that Hindu women were being forcibly converted to Christianity. The attack took place during a Sunday prayer meeting in Raniganj, West Bengal, where...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s Hindu supremacist government in West Bengal has slashed funding for programs serving Muslims and other religious minorities by more than half in its first full state budget, a move expected to significantly reduce spending on minority welfare and madrasa education in one of the country’s largest Mu...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Indian police say two Hindutva men orchestrated a video showing a child shouting “Pakistan Zindabad” (Long Live Pakistan) during a Muharram procession and circulated it online in an attempt to falsely portray the Muslim community as anti-national and inflame communal tensions. The video, filmed during a Muharram proce...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s most influential Muslim organization has announced a nationwide campaign against the growing social and political marginalization of Muslims, warning that mob violence, mosque demolitions and attacks on constitutional rights have created an increasingly hostile environment for the country’s largest...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Police in northern India say they have uncovered an alleged plot to frame a Muslim man in a cow slaughter case. Investigators allege a Hindu village leader orchestrated the conspiracy to inflame communal tensions and damage the reputation of his political rival. The case emerged from Bijnor district in Uttar […...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The Hindu nationalist BJP government in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal has removed the name of a renowned Muslim scholar from one of Kolkata’s major public avenues. The move has reignited debate over the erasure of Muslim historical figures from public spaces and the growing effort to rewrite […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A fact-finding report into the killing of a Muslim street vendor in eastern India has warned that the case reflects a broader pattern of insecurity and discrimination faced by itinerant traders from minority communities, arguing that fear and suspicion have increasingly become part of their daily lives. The report, re...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — At least 23 Muslim religious structures, including mosques, shrines, Islamic schools and Eid prayer grounds, have been demolished across six Indian states in just 45 days, a wave of actions that has intensified concerns over the treatment of Muslim places of worship under governments led by Prime Minister Narendra Mod...
