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Slide REPORT Annual Report: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in India (2024) Human rights and religious freedom in India continued to deteriorate throughout 2024, as documented in an annual report of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) released today. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Anti-Muslim INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR Hindu mobs kills 15-year-old Muslim girl trying to protect her father A 15-year-old Muslim girl, Aliya Begum, was killed as she attempted to protect her father from a Hindu mob attack in Telangana’s Zaheerabad. When Begum saw her father being assaulted by the mob, she tried to rescue him, but was pelted with stones, leaving her in critical condition. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Indian deportees PRESS RELEASE IAMC condemns handcuffing, dehumanizing mistreatment of Indian deportees from the US IAMC today strongly condemned the dehumanizing treatment of Indian deportees from the United States, including handcuffing individuals throughout lengthy flights on US military planes. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Aadesh Soni INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR Hindu militants announce plan for mass slaughter, rape of Christians in Chhattisgarh One local Hindu extremist, Aadesh Soni, declared on social media that the plan was to “kill all Christians, play with the honor of their daughter and daughters-in-law, to do obscene acts with them, to forcibly enter Christian homes and not to spare anyone but corrupt them all.” Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Babri Masjid OP-ED India’s Mosques Are Under Siege. The Destruction of the Babri Masjid Explains Why Thirty-two years ago, on December 6, 1992, mobs descended on the Babri Masjid in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya, destroyed the 600-year-old structure brick by brick, and provoking riots in which more than 2,000 people, predominantly Muslims, were killed. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide IAMC Interviews INTERVIEW GOOD MEN PROJECT: Safa Ahmed on Discrimination Against Indian-American Muslims Around 2,000 people were brutally slaughtered, raped, and mutilated. It was a horrific bloodbath, and this was labelled retaliatory violence by Hindu militant groups against Muslims who were accused of a crime they did not commit. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Modi condemned IMPORTANT STORY ModiSpeak: Manifesto for a Hindu Nation The 2024 national elections braked India’s slide into authoritarianism but did not halt it. The Narendra Modi-led Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 240 of 543 parliamentary seats even as, diminished by voter pushback, the BJP lost 63 seats. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right

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This week #IndiaHumanRightsMonitor #हिंदी में इस हफ़्ते की ख़बरें roundup by #iamcnews Story #1 Muslim man assaulted by mob Muslim man assaulted by Hindu extremists in court over interfaith marriage In BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, a mob of Hindu extremists assaulted a Muslim man at a court, falsely accusing him of indulging in “love jihad.” The attack took place when an interfaith couple was at the court for marriage verification procedures Story #2 Mosque demolished in Uttar Pradesh Parts of a prominent mosque demolished by officials in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh. Civic officials in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar demolished parts of a three-story mosque, the Madni Masjid, after a BJP leader claimed that the mosque allegedly encroached some part of the government land. Despite the Supreme Court guidelines, the government continues bulldozing properties, religious and residential – mostly belonging to Muslims. Story #3 Muslim shops destroyed Authorities Demolish 110 Shops in a Muslim Locality of Bhopal In Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, authorities demolished 110 shops in the Muslim locality of MotiNagar on February 9, claiming they were encroachments on railway land. They have also identified 381 homes for demolition. https://x.com/HateDetectors/status/1889985370072518745 Story #4 Muslim vendor harassed during fair Muslim vendor harassed, evicted from Hindu pilgrimage fair. In BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, Hindu extremists harassed, evicted, and demanded the arrest of a Muslim vendor selling posters and idols of deities at a Hindu pilgrimage fair. In a similar incident in Odisha’s Kendrapara, Hindu extremists harassed a vendor selling prints of Hindu gods, accusing him of placing them near non-vegetarian items and bones. Story #5 Muslim vendors threatened by death Hindu extremist group threatens to kill Muslim vendors. Members of a Hindu extremist group, Kali Sena, were booked for forcing Muslim vendors out of a local bazaar in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, threatening to attack and kill them if they returned. The group also gave hate speeches urging local Hindus to evict Muslim tenants and attack Muslim shop owners. Story #6 BJP Lawmaker promotes anti-Muslim rhetoric BJP lawmaker spreads false conspiracy theory about Muslims In the Deccan summit in Pune, Maharashtra, BJP legislator T. Raja Singh promoted divisive rhetoric, spreading the conspiracy of ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ by falsely claiming that Muslims were plotting to turn India into an Islamic nation. Singh also targeted madrasas, Ramadhan, and mosques, claiming that taxpayer money funds these institutions. https://x.com/HindutvaWatchIn/status/1890179964533956744 Story #7 Muslim woman’s home sealed Officials seal a house purchased by Muslim woman in Hindu-majority neighborhood. Civic officials in BJP-ruled Gujarat’s Surat sealed off a Muslim woman’s recently purchased home, which she had bought from a Hindu woman, for allegedly violating the provisions of the Disturbed Areas Act. The law regulates property transactions in communally sensitive areas. The action followed objections from Hindu residents of the seller’s housing society, who reportedly ran a hate campaign against both the Muslim woman and the Hindu woman. Story #8 Kashmiri shawl seller viciously beaten Kashmiri shawl seller attacked and robbed in Punjab A Kashmiri shawl seller was attacked and robbed by unidentified individuals in Kapurthala district of Punjab. The victim, identified as 32 year old Fareed Ahmad Bajad,was severely beaten, punched, slapped, and dragged, leaving him with multiple bruises. His belongings, including shawls and cash, were looted. https://x.com/HateDetectors/status/1889645637832155143
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