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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...
BRISBANE, Australia (MNTV) — Australia’s peak Islamic body has condemned growing “anti-Muslim sentiment”, after a man allegedly threatened worshippers at a Brisbane mosque on Sunday, falsely claiming to have a gun, reports The Guardian. The man is alleged to have attended the Masjid Taqwa in Bald Hills, Brisbane, at about 10.46am on Sund...
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...
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) — 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 […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Violence has erupted across the eastern Indian state of West Bengal following a sweeping electoral victory by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, with reports of killings, arson and targeted attacks, including the demolition of Muslim-owned shops in the state capital. At least four people have been killed in...
LONDON (MNTV) — Britain’s two largest Muslim representative bodies have condemned the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London on April 29 while sharply criticising the government for using the attack to build a case against protests advocating and Muslim communities more broadly. The Muslim Council of Britain, which represents more t...
