12-year-old Muslim girl and family beaten, subjected to Islamophobic slurs
In Mumbai, Maharashtra, a 12-year-old Muslim girl, Mariam Fatima, was assaulted and sexually harassed by a group of Hindu extremist men and one woman. Mariam reported that the woman’s husband…
Over 90 Muslim homes demolished near Hindu religious landmark
Officials in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura city demolished over 90 houses in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood, Nai Basti. Nai Basti is situated merely 600 meters from the spot claimed by some…
Six months after murder of Muslim man by Hindu extremists, his brother attacked
Just six months after a Hindu supremacist mob lynched and hacked to death Mohammed Fazil, a young Muslim man living in BJP-ruled Karnataka state, another group of Hindu supremacists violently…
Indian American Christian group says US faces imminent threat from Hindu extremism
Human rights organization Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations (FIACONA) has urged the United States to “clearly understand the imminent threat from passive Hindu extremism,” through the findings of its…
World’s top journalist body urges India to undo ban on BBC film critical of Modi
One of the world’s most prestigious journalistic bodies, the National Press Club, has urged India to lift the ban on a BBC film that exposes Hindu supremacist Prime Minister Narendra…
Top university bans screening documentary on Modi’s role in Muslim pogrom
A top Indian university has warned its students of strict disciplinary action if it goes ahead with a planned screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role…