NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Hindu nationalist government in India has ordered a new probe into more than 1,100 Islamic schools, extending a pattern of increased scrutiny of Muslim institutions that community leaders say has intensified under governments led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. The latest inspections ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s western state of Rajasthan have issued eviction notices to several mosques and Islamic schools, ordering them to vacate land or explain why they should not be removed, a move that has sparked criticism from a civil rights organization over alleged violations of due process. The notices wer...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A United States-based human rights organization has expressed alarm over the demolition of three mosques in India within a matter of days, arguing that the incidents reflect a broader pattern of discrimination against the country’s Muslim minority. Justice For All, a U.S.-based advocacy group that campaigns for ...
WASHINGTON (MNTV) — As white supremacist groups intensify attacks on South Asian communities in Texas, civil rights activists are warning that a different threat is emerging from within the diaspora itself: The import of Hindu-Muslim and India-Pakistan divisions that undermine a united response to racism. The warning follows a June 2 demonstra...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An incident that threatened to inflame communal tensions during Eid al-Adha in western India has taken an unexpected turn after police identified a burqa-clad woman seen dumping meat in a predominantly Hindu neighborhood as a Hindu woman, revealing attempts to exploit anti-Muslim stereotypes to provoke unrest. The epi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Another centuries-old mosque in India has come under the spotlight after a Hindu group claimed ancient idols lie within Gujarat’s historic Jama Masjid, allegations many Muslims see as part of a recurring Hindutva playbook used to pave the way for the takeover of historic mosques. The latest dispute centers on [...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Major technology companies including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and Meta have hosted and monetized hundreds of Hindutva pop songs that promote hatred and violence against religious minorities in India, according to a new study that raises concerns about the role of digital platforms in amplifying extremist content....
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s national human rights watchdog has opened a case into allegations that Kashmiri traders and students from Indian-administered Kashmir faced harassment, discrimination and violent attacks in several parts of the country. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) registered the matter after receiving a c...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh state demolished a madrasa serving children in a Muslim-majority village on Sunday, less than a day after Hindu extremists staged protests demanding its removal, adding to growing concerns over the use of bulldozers against Muslim institutions in the country. The Islamic semi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A court in central India has sentenced 14 men to life imprisonment for the lynching of a Muslim cattle trader who was beaten to death by a mob that accused him of cow smuggling, marking a rare conviction in cases of vigilante violence that have increasingly targeted Muslims in the […]
