Bangladesh man lynched and body burned for 'stepping on Quran'
4 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh man lynched and body burned for 'stepping on Quran'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of people in a town in Bangladesh lynched a man and then burnt his body after he allegedly desecrated the Quran. The district police chief Abida Sultana told the DPA news agency that the two men had informed the imam at the mosque that hardline fighters might have stored illegal arms inside the building. The imam reportedly found their treatment of the holy book disrespectful, following which police were called and the two men were locked in the council office.

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Aligarh lynching: Case of self defence and not Muslim victimisation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Aligarh lynching: Case of self defence and not Muslim victimisation

Op India  

On the 18th of June 2024, a Muslim man called Mohammed Farid, who was also known as “Aurangzeb” was killed after being beaten up by Hindus in Aligarh. The Hindu side demanded that those arrested should be released, while the Muslim side demanded justice for Aurangzeb, who had entered a Hindu house late at night. — Zeyad Masroor Khan June …

Bangladesh MP murder case: Cops find human bones near canal in Kolkata
7 months ago

Bangladesh MP murder case: Cops find human bones near canal in Kolkata

Op India  

West Bengal police’s Criminal Investigation Department detectives who are looking into the murder of Bangladesh MP Md Anwarul Azim Anar retrieved bones from the bank of a canal in North 24 Parganas on 9th June. Hussain gave the specific location during interrogation.” According to CID officials, the location where the bones were uncovered at Polerhat in North 24 Parganas, on …

A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob has died of injuries
7 months, 1 week ago

A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob has died of injuries

Associated Press  

LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob last month died of his injuries on Monday, a police official said. Police in eastern Punjab province arrested more than 100 Muslim men and charged them under anti-terrorism laws for attacking a Christian father and son over allegations they desecrated pages of Islam’s holy book. He …

A mob in Pakistan burns down a house and beats a Christian over alleged desecration of Quran
7 months, 2 weeks ago

A mob in Pakistan burns down a house and beats a Christian over alleged desecration of Quran

Associated Press  

LAHORE, Pakistan — Hundreds of Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the pages of Islam’s holy book, ransacking and burning his house and beating him before police officers rescued the man and his father, officials said. The incident occurred Saturday in the Mujahid Colony residential area in Sargodha, a city …

Man accused of blasphemy killed by mob at Pakistan political rally
1 year, 8 months ago

Man accused of blasphemy killed by mob at Pakistan political rally

The Independent  

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Man charged with attempted murder after two elderly men set alight after leaving mosques
1 year, 9 months ago

Man charged with attempted murder after two elderly men set alight after leaving mosques

The Independent  

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Mumbai: Muslim man murders Hindu wife by slitting her throat for refusing to wear burqa
2 years, 3 months ago

Mumbai: Muslim man murders Hindu wife by slitting her throat for refusing to wear burqa

India TV News  

Mumbai: In what can be said as another case of love-jihad, a Mulsim husband allegedly murdered his Hindu wife for refusing to wear hijab and burqa and follow other Muslim customs. In Mumbai's Chembur Tilak Nagar area, the police started an investigation into a murder case where the accused named Iqbal Sheikh murdered his 20-year-old wife Rupali Chandanshive after slitting …

Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
2 years, 6 months ago

Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI, India — Tensions were high Wednesday in the western Indian city of Udaipur, a day after police arrested two Muslim men accused of slitting a Hindu tailor’s throat and posting a video of it on social media, in a brutal attack representing a dramatic escalation of communal violence in a country riven by deep religious polarization. The animosity …

Man lynched in Pakistan buried in native Sri Lanka
3 years, 1 month ago

Man lynched in Pakistan buried in native Sri Lanka

The Independent  

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Bangladesh Police arrests man accused of keeping Quran at Durga Puja pandal in Comilla
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh Police arrests man accused of keeping Quran at Durga Puja pandal in Comilla

India Today  

Ikbal Hossain, who has been accused of placing a copy of the Quran at a Durga Puja pandal in Comilla last week, was arrested by the police in Bangladesh from Cox's Bazar on Thursday night. Earlier, the police had identified the 35-year-old man, whose action triggered communal violence in Bangladesh, by analysing CCTV footage retrieved from surveillance cameras installed outside …

Bangladesh Police identifies man who placed Quran at Durga Puja pandal in Comilla
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh Police identifies man who placed Quran at Durga Puja pandal in Comilla

India Today  

Days after attacks on Durga Puja pandals claimed at least three lives, the police in Bangladesh's Comilla say they have identified the man responsible for inciting the violence. READ: Are we afraid of Bangladesh: Subramanian Swamy questions BJP's silence on attacks on Hindus Police in Bangladesh uncovered Iqbal Hossain's involvement in the violence after analysing CCTV footage retrieved from surveillance …

Two Hindu men killed, temples vandalised in Bangladesh violence
3 years, 2 months ago

Two Hindu men killed, temples vandalised in Bangladesh violence

Al Jazeera  

Religious violence erupts after photo widely circulated on social media shows the Quran placed on the knee of a Hindu deity. Police in Bangladesh have detained at least 300 suspects after two Hindu men were killed and temples vandalised following unrest triggered by the alleged desecration of the Muslim holy book during a Hindu religious festival last week. Angry mobs …

Two killed in religious unrest in Bangladesh
3 years, 2 months ago

Two killed in religious unrest in Bangladesh

The Hindu  

Two Hindu men have been killed in fresh religious violence in Bangladesh, police officials said on Saturday, taking the death toll to six from recent unrest in the Muslim-majority country. Police said the latest violence occurred in the southern town of Begumganj when hundreds of Muslims formed a street procession after Friday prayers on the final day of Durga Puja. …

Bangladesh: Man lynched to death by fanatic mob over blasphemy charges
4 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh: Man lynched to death by fanatic mob over blasphemy charges

Op India  

On Thursday, a man was lynched to death by a fanatic mob on the premises of Burimari Union Parishad at Patgram Upazila in Lalmonirhat district of Rangpur Division in Bangladesh over charges of blasphemy. pic.twitter.com/fyW2B8T8As — Bangladesh Hindu Jagran Mancha 🇧🇩 October 29, 2020 The victim was snatched by the fanatic mob over blasphemy charges in Bangladesh Jewel and his …

41-year-old Woman Lynched to Death, Her Husband Injured on Suspicion of Theft in Bengal, 4 Held
4 years, 2 months ago

41-year-old Woman Lynched to Death, Her Husband Injured on Suspicion of Theft in Bengal, 4 Held

News 18  

A group of people beat a 41-year-old woman to death and injured her husband in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on suspicion that they were thieves, police said on Saturday. According to the complaint lodged by the deceased woman’s husband, Ali Hossein Molla, a total of 14 people beat him up with sticks and rods accusing him of stealing …

Reading attack suspect Khairi Saadallah shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ during park stabbing, court hears
4 years, 6 months ago

Reading attack suspect Khairi Saadallah shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ during park stabbing, court hears

The Independent  

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Muslims Being Mistreated? Clip is of Unrelated Incident in B’desh
4 years, 7 months ago

Muslims Being Mistreated? Clip is of Unrelated Incident in B’desh

The Quint  

Using the software Invid, we broke the video into keyframes and reverse searched them. This led us to several news reports by Bangladeshi news outlets, which clearly said that the incident had happened on 24 May in Chakoria area of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar. According to a report, the man seen in the video is 71-year-old Nurul Alam, who was returning …

Journalist explains how the Bengali elite justified Muslim mob violence and paved the way for downfall of Bengal
5 years ago

Journalist explains how the Bengali elite justified Muslim mob violence and paved the way for downfall of Bengal

Op India  

Soumyadipta, a journalist who has reported from West Bengal in the past, shared his experience on social media and the manner in which editors of newspapers deliberately whitewashed the communal crimes committed by Muslims to maintain the charade of secularism. The truth is, given the current situation, nothing can be done — Soumyadipta December 15, 2019 The former journalist also …

Man ‘burned alive by mob’ in South Africa over accusations he raped disabled teenager
5 years, 3 months ago

Man ‘burned alive by mob’ in South Africa over accusations he raped disabled teenager

The Independent  

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