NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn’s upcoming action film Chauhaan has sparked widespread outrage in Indian-administered Kashmir after its first promotional teaser appeared to trivialize victims of pellet shotgun injuries. The film reignites criticism that sections of India’s Hindi film industry increasingly portr...
MELBOURNE, Australia (MNTV) — A major new study has found that Islamophobic abuse in Australia has remained significantly elevated since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in 2023, with researchers warning that online hatred directed at Muslims is becoming increasingly entrenched and more closely connected to events occurring in everyd...
DUBLIN, Ireland (MNTV) – A man has been charged in connection with an arson attack on a mosque in central Dublin that forced worshippers to evacuate and temporarily shut down one of the city’s Islamic prayer centers, in an incident that has sharpened concerns about rising anti-Muslim hostility across Ireland. The fire broke out at [&hell...
LONDON (MNTV) – A low-budget vigilante film depicting the killing of Muslim and migrant characters has become a flashpoint in the escalating culture war over immigration in Europe and the United States, after Elon Musk broadcast it in full to his 240 million followers on X in the same month that anti-Muslim riots tore through […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Authorities have demolished a historic mosque in India’s western state of Gujarat, prompting one of the country’s largest Muslim organizations to prepare a legal challenge amid allegations that the structure was razed without prior notice. The demolition targeted the Juna Kunda Mosque in Gujarat’s Ku...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video circulating on social media shows a supporter of the Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal threatening Muslim meat vendors in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, warning them to shut their businesses or leave the neighborhood because it is predominantly Hindu. The incident reportedly occurred in Jadavpur, a suburb...
CANBERRA, Australia (MNTV) — The Office of Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia (OSECI), in partnership with Deakin University, has launched the Australian Muslim Poll, reports AMUST. The initiative is Australia’s first annual, nationally representative social research project dedicated to capturing the diverse experiences, persp...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — An ex-Muslim man has been arrested in India after investigators accused him of plotting a mass poisoning attack targeting a Muharram procession in Mumbai by distributing capsules allegedly laced with a highly toxic chemical to Muslim mourners during one of the holiest days of the Shia Islamic calendar. The alleged [&h...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim police officer in India’s eastern state of Bihar is facing disciplinary proceedings after he was filmed participating in a Muharram procession while in uniform. The move has revived debate over the consistent enforcement of police conduct rules amid repeated instances of Hindu officers taking part in r...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Muslim businessman has alleged that he was the victim of a religiously motivated hate attack aboard a passenger train in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh after a group of men allegedly identified him by his beard and skullcap and assaulted him without provocation. The victim, Mohammad Mazhar Hussain, [&...
