NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Allegations by a Muslim teacher in northern India that she was pressured to remove her hijab at a private school have triggered a wider debate over religious discrimination, workplace rights and treatment of Muslims in the country’s education sector. Samreen Bano, a teacher from the city of Varanasi in the […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A civil rights group in India has released a report documenting dozens of alleged attacks targeting Muslims and Muslim-owned businesses in the eastern state of West Bengal following the Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in recent state assembly elections. The report, published by the Association...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A court in India has quashed a criminal case filed against a government school teacher for sharing a video of Urdu poetry on WhatsApp, in a ruling that has reignited debate over free expression, policing of Urdu cultural content, and the growing use of criminal law against online speech. The […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Muslims in India’s capital have accused authorities of restricting religious practices at a historic Sufi shrine in Delhi, triggering fresh concerns over growing pressure on Islamic religious sites under increasingly polarized political conditions. The allegations emerged during the annual Sufi commemoration festival,...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Prominent Muslim organizations and opposition leaders in India have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of promoting a Hindu nationalist agenda after reports that authorities decided to grant the song “Vande Mataram” legal status equal to the national anthem and make all six verses compulsory in educatio...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Rohingya refugee women living in camps in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir are facing a worsening reproductive health crisis driven by poverty, poor sanitation, and limited access to menstrual hygiene products, according to testimonies from women in the community. According to Kashmir Times, women living in the ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A stage performance depicting the demolition of a Muslim family’s home has sparked outrage in India’s northeastern state of Assam, after a video of the skit circulated online days following the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweeping election victory in the state. The performance was staged by a local political group...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A civil rights organization has launched a nationwide digital platform to track hate crimes and hate speech in India, amid growing concerns that such incidents are underreported or misclassified in official records. The Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said the platform allows citizens to submit d...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Dalit family in central India was brutally assaulted after failing to meet a demand for wheat as a “donation” to a village temple, in an incident that has renewed concerns over caste-based coercion and rural power structures. The attack took place in Maharajganj village in Chhatarpur district, located in […]...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An Indian court has granted bail to a Muslim man who spent nearly seven months in jail over a social media post linked to the “I Love Muhammad” campaign, a Muslim expression of faith that grew into an act of defiance after Hindu extremist groups objected to its public display in […]
