NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — The conversion of a Hindu teenager from northern India to Islam in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has triggered a police inquiry after his family alleged coercion, despite mosque officials and local residents insisting the decision was made voluntarily. The teenager, identified as Vishal from Uttar Pradesh’s Bi...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Hindu supremacist group in India has sought permission to hold Hindu prayers inside the historic Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra mosque in Rajasthan, the latest in a growing wave of efforts by Hindu organizations to claim centuries-old mosques and Islamic monuments as former Hindu temples. Members of the Maharana Pratap [&hell...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hindu cattle traders and livestock farmers in India’s eastern state of West Bengal have begun publicly criticizing the newly elected BJP government after a sweeping crackdown on Eid al-Adha cattle trade disrupted local markets and left many sellers facing mounting financial losses. The controversy erupted after the st...
SAN DIEGO, California (MNTV) — The Muslim community in San Diego is mourning Amin Abdullah, a security guard who was killed while trying to protect worshippers and children during a deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Police and community leaders say Abdullah’s actions prevented a far greater tragedy. The attack unfolded Monday...
SAN DIEGO, United States (MNTV) — A deadly shooting attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego has triggered outrage across the United States after gunmen opened fire at the mosque complex, killing worshippers and prompting investigations into what Muslim groups and officials say appears to be a targeted anti-Muslim attack. US President Donald ...
WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) — The landscape of safety and civil liberties for Muslim Americans has shifted profoundly since Israel launched a genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. In the aftermath of that geopolitical flashpoint, a sudden, unprecedented explosion of anti-Muslim hate and anti-Arab racism swept across the United States....
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Members of a Hindu extremist group stormed a shoe showroom in northern India and publicly targeted Muslim employees with anti-Muslim abuse, escalating concerns over growing religious vigilantism and normalization of anti-Muslim harassment in the country. The incident took place at a popular footwear showroom on Rajpur...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — One of India’s largest Muslim organizations has said “communal forces” backed by the Hindu supremacist government are systematically targeting Muslims and eroding constitutional protections under the country’s increasingly polarized political climate. Speaking at a two-day national convention in the Indian capital, Ar...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A civil rights organization in India has accused police in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh of carrying out discriminatory crackdowns against Muslims, including unlawful detentions, custodial violence and selective prosecution, following communal unrest earlier this month. A fact-finding report released on Sunday ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim woman serving in India’s auxiliary police force has accused a senior official in Uttar Pradesh state of harassment, discrimination and demanding bribes in exchange for duty assignments, raising renewed concerns over workplace bias and treatment of Muslim employees in public institutions. The woman, identified...
