'Determined To End Divisive Politics, Must Fight Hinduphobia': UK Labour Leader On Hate Crimes
2 years, 2 months ago

'Determined To End Divisive Politics, Must Fight Hinduphobia': UK Labour Leader On Hate Crimes

ABP News  

New Delhi: After a spate of hate crimes against the Hindu community were reported in the UK, the Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer referred to the term "Hinduphobia" for the first time and said he was determined to put an end to “divisive politics” and extremist elements exploiting social media to spread hatred within communities. Starmer, who was addressing one of Europe's largest Navratri celebrations on Wednesday said the party is committed to fighting against hate crimes of all kinds following communal clashes in Leicester and Birmingham in the wake of an India-Pakistan cricket match, reported news agency PTI. Some diaspora organisations in the UK denounced the disorder in Leicester saying the hate crimes targeted at Hindus intensified by social media disinformation reflected Hinduphobia. Addressing British Indians during the celebrations, the Labour Party leader said, "Hinduphobia has absolutely no place in our society anywhere and we must all fight this together."

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Rallies condemn atrocities against minorities in B’desh
1 week, 6 days ago

Rallies condemn atrocities against minorities in B’desh

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: On the occasion of Human Rights Day on Monday, Sakal Hindu Samaj and other Hindu and Buddhist outfits organised marches in several cities across Maharashtra to protest against atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh. Prominent BJP leaders and Hindu priests participated in the marches and urged the interim government in Bangladesh headed by Muhammad Yunus to take strict action against …

Police downplay Islamist attack against Lord Ayyappa devotees in Rayachoti: How hate crime against Hindus is brushed aside in the name of 'protecting secularism'
2 weeks ago

Police downplay Islamist attack against Lord Ayyappa devotees in Rayachoti: How hate crime against Hindus is brushed aside in the name of 'protecting secularism'

Op India  

A bus carrying devotees of Lord Ayyappa was allegedly attacked by extremists in Andhra Pradesh’s Rayachoti town. It is not good for this country.” However, the police were quick to respond to the statement and termed the condemning of the attack on Hindus as “material that may aggravate communal tensions between different religious groups.” Instead of keeping an eye on …

Hinduphobia Tracker – A database of Anti-Hindu Hate Crimes
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Hinduphobia Tracker – A database of Anti-Hindu Hate Crimes

Op India  

To document the incidents of hate crimes against Hindus in India and abroad, a Hinduphobia Tracker has been launched. The Hinduphobia Tracker has published a database of religiously motivated hate crimes against Hindus, with an accompanying explanation for each case as to what makes the case a hate crime, driven by religious animosity. Hate Crimes against women in relationships and …

Fact Check: No, Mulayam Singh Didn’t Label SP ‘Anti-Hindu’ In Parliament
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Fact Check: No, Mulayam Singh Didn’t Label SP ‘Anti-Hindu’ In Parliament

ABP News  

The Verdict: Misleading The video distorts Yadav’s 1998 speech, where he criticised allegations against his party, clarifying it was wrongly branded anti-Hindu and criminal. A viral video circulating on social media claims to show Mulayam Singh Yadav, the late founder of the Samajwadi Party, admitting during a parliamentary session that his party is anti-Hindu and composed of criminals. The original …

Will follow Centre’s stand on Bangladesh, says Mamata; then takes a jab at BJP
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Will follow Centre’s stand on Bangladesh, says Mamata; then takes a jab at BJP

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed concern over reports of attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and declared that her government would follow the Centre’s stand on this issue but took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying it was “against a specific religion”. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee told the state assembly that the issue …

Rescuing India from the altar of bigotry
5 months, 1 week ago

Rescuing India from the altar of bigotry

New Indian Express  

While the successful conduct of our 18th Lok Sabha elections should have been a cause of celebration, it has been anything but celebratory for many of our fellow citizens. Ever since the results were announced, a spate of anti-Muslim violence has occurred, threatening to submerge the very idea of India we celebrate while conducting the world’s largest election. While replying …

OPINION | DO HINDUS SPREAD VIOLENCE?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

OPINION | DO HINDUS SPREAD VIOLENCE?

India TV News  

On Day One, in his first speech as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi was, to use a cricketing phrase, clean bowled while trying to perform heroics. Displaying a picture of Lord Shiva, Rahul Gandhi made a remark about Hindus, which was immediately objected to by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul, while trying to explain the idea of …

'Those who call themselves Hindus only talk about violence': Rahul Gandhi's remarks in Lok Sabha sparks rare intervention from PM Modi
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Those who call themselves Hindus only talk about violence': Rahul Gandhi's remarks in Lok Sabha sparks rare intervention from PM Modi

Op India  

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday sparked outrage over his contentious remarks in the Lok Sabha, prompting a rare intervention from PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Speaking in the parliament, Gandhi asserted that those who called themselves Hindus only talked about violence, hatred, and untruth, triggering PM Modi to intervene over his remarks. During his speech, …

CNN wants India to be a Sharia state, its latest oped shows the Western media's antipathy for Hindus
7 months, 3 weeks ago

CNN wants India to be a Sharia state, its latest oped shows the Western media's antipathy for Hindus

Op India  

As India is in the midst of general elections, the Western media has gone all out to influence the Indian voters against the incumbent Modi government. On the 1st of May, US-based media house CNN published an article titled: “Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city”. PM Modi called Indian Muslims ‘infiltrators’: CNN parrots the lies peddled …

‘Religiophobia against Hinduism…’: India on UNGA resolution against Islamophobia
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Religiophobia against Hinduism…’: India on UNGA resolution against Islamophobia

Hindustan Times  

India has abstained in the United Nations General Assembly on a draft resolution introduced by Pakistan and co- A total of 115 nations voted in favour of Pakistan's resolution titled ‘Measures to combat Islamophobia'. This has led to the emergence of contemporary forms of religiophobia, particularly anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh sentiments,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, …

Indian-American Congressman takes stand against 'Hinduphobia' in US
9 months, 1 week ago

Indian-American Congressman takes stand against 'Hinduphobia' in US

India Today  

An Indian-American Democrat Congressman has joined a group of Hindu leaders and organisations to call out the growing "Hinduphobia" in the United States. Shri Thanedar is seeking to fight the growing hate crime against the Hindu community in the US, reported news agency PTI. Canadian Member of Parliament Chandra Arya, of Indian-origin, also condemned the vandalism of the Gouri Shankar …

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Muslim identity in the age of anti-Muslim hate
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Muslim identity in the age of anti-Muslim hate

The Hindu  

The vitiating atmosphere of hate and scrutiny faced by the minorities in India, especially the Muslim community, particularly in the last 10 years since the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power were explored in the first session at The Hindu Pavilion in The Hindu Lit For Life 2024 here at Lady Andal school in Chennai on January …

British Indian politician tables motion to tackle instances of anti-Hindu hate
1 year, 1 month ago

British Indian politician tables motion to tackle instances of anti-Hindu hate

Firstpost  

Hirani referenced the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which shows that Hindus are the second most likely religion to have been victims of religiously motivated hate crime. Krupesh Hirani, who represents the London Assembly responsible for addressing issues affecting the city’s residents under the Greater London Authority overseen by the Mayor of London, brought attention to cases of “Hinduphobia.” …

Anti-Muslim hate speech in India spikes around elections, report says
1 year, 2 months ago

Anti-Muslim hate speech in India spikes around elections, report says

Al Jazeera  

Hindutva Watch report says the ruling BJP is linked to an ‘escalating trend’ of anti-Muslim hate speech in the country. It added that 80 percent of the hate speech events took place in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Abu Asim Azmi, a Muslim legislator from Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra, told Al Jazeera the …

'Nothing Hindu' about what the BJP does: Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 3 months ago

'Nothing Hindu' about what the BJP does: Rahul Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

London: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the BJP during an interaction with students and academics in Paris, saying that the governing party is out to get power at any cost and that there is "nothing Hindu" about their actions. During the interaction on Saturday at the Sciences PO University in Paris, a leading social sciences institution in …

Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history
1 year, 3 months ago

Modi’s lesson from Israel: Demolish Muslim homes, erase their history

Al Jazeera  

The Hindu far-right’s actions in Nuh, in India’s Haryana, echo Israel’s policies of trying to delete histories and legacies of the Palestinian people. Much like Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport stands adamantly on the remains of Palestinian communities forced from their homes, a new temple to the Hindu god Ram has been built over the debris of the historic Babri Masjid …

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA
1 year, 6 months ago

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA

Op India  

On June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his five-day visit to the United States and Egypt. We call on the @USCIRF and the US government to declare Gujarat 2002 as genocide: Dr. Rehan Khan, President, International Society for Peace and Justice — Indian American Muslim Council February 28, 2023 The organisation’s website actively talks about CAA/NRC and claims “Minorities …

Insistence on 'Hinduphobia' as a reality will divert attention from real purveyors of anti-Hindu propaganda
1 year, 7 months ago

Insistence on 'Hinduphobia' as a reality will divert attention from real purveyors of anti-Hindu propaganda

Firstpost  

My article questioning the notion of Hinduphobia appears to have unsettled an established consensus that it definitely exists as a phenomenon. Besides, the constant accusations of Islamophobia, which recognition of Hinduphobia will avowedly legitimate, are ultimately directed against India, not Hindus in general everywhere. US Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar’s attempt to create a legal obligation on the US State Department to …

Review of Politics of Hate: Fear and aftermath
1 year, 7 months ago

Review of Politics of Hate: Fear and aftermath

The Hindu  

In early August 2021, an eight-year-old Hindu boy accused of blasphemy was held in protective police custody in Pakistan. When the boy was released on bail, a mob attacked a local Hindu temple, damaging idols, and burning down the main door, Farahnaz Ispahani writes in the introduction to Politics of Hate, an interesting anthology on religious extremism and identity politics …

Report asks U.K. government to investigate Khalistani extremism
1 year, 7 months ago

Report asks U.K. government to investigate Khalistani extremism

The Hindu  

A review commissioned by the U.K. government to examine its engagement with faith urged the government to investigate Khalistani extremism and suggested that it develops a more “nuanced” and “comprehensive” understanding of Sikh extremist activity so it does not accidentally legitimise behaviours. The report says the U.K. government needs to clearly define and investigate extremist activity within the Sikh community …

From Canada and Britain to Australia, Hinduphobia Has Gone Global - News18
1 year, 10 months ago

From Canada and Britain to Australia, Hinduphobia Has Gone Global - News18

News 18  

Ever since the Modi government swept into power, the nation’s civilisational and nationalistic aspirations have been reawakened, while a torrent of concerted efforts to destabilise India, that is Bharat, has been demonstrated. “Inside Kashmir, Cut Off from the World: ‘A Living Hell’ of Anger and Fear” reads an assiduously crafted canard in The New York Times, dated August 10, 2019. …

India's Religious Polarization Is Seeping Into The US Diaspora
2 years, 2 months ago

India's Religious Polarization Is Seeping Into The US Diaspora

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India’s Muslim minority, rolled down the street during a parade marking that country’s Independence Day. On the other hand, many Hindu Americans feel vilified and targeted for their views, said Samir Kalra, managing director of the Hindu American Foundation in Washington, D.C. “The …

Insight UK writes to PM Liz Truss over targeted attacks against Hindus
2 years, 2 months ago

Insight UK writes to PM Liz Truss over targeted attacks against Hindus

Op India  

In the wake of the violence in Leicester in which a large number of Hindus, their places of worship, and their cultural and religious symbols were wantonly targeted and damaged by Islamic extremists and hoodlums, Insight UK, a social movement of the British Hindu and British Indian communities, wrote an open letter to Liz Truss, the Prime Minister of the …

British Sikh MP calls for ‘urgent action’ over anti-Sikh hate crimes
2 years, 2 months ago

British Sikh MP calls for ‘urgent action’ over anti-Sikh hate crimes

India TV News  

Highlights There were 701 anti-Christian and 161 cases of anti-Hindu hate crimes reported Overall, 156,000 offences were recorded by police across England and Wales in 2021-22 The number of hate crimes recorded has been on the rise in recent years Hate Crimes: Preet Kaur Gill, a British Sikh member of Parliament for the Opposition Labour Party, has written to UK …

Hindu diaspora under attack: The rising trends of global Hinduphobia, attacks by Islamists and propaganda
2 years, 2 months ago

Hindu diaspora under attack: The rising trends of global Hinduphobia, attacks by Islamists and propaganda

Op India  

Recent instances of targeted hate crimes against the Hindu community and its temples by Khalistani and Islamic radicals in Canada, the USA and the UK point towards the worrying trends of rising Hinduphobia in the West. This article with the help of independent reports and many recent instances of hate crimes and discrimination against the Hindu diaspora community shows the …

Days after Leicester violence, Indian diaspora to stage protest against BBC for spreading Hinduphobia and peddling anti-India narrative
2 years, 2 months ago

Days after Leicester violence, Indian diaspora to stage protest against BBC for spreading Hinduphobia and peddling anti-India narrative

Op India  

Following violence and targeted misinformation campaign against Hindus in Leicester and Birmingham, the Indian diaspora is set to stage a protest against the UK’s state media, British Broadcasting Corporation for peddling anti-Hindu and anti-India narratives, particularly during Leicester violence. #Hinduphobia #Indiaphobia pic.twitter.com/7vW4gmrqmQ — Organiser Weekly October 7, 2022 A Twitter user by the username @/indicsociety tweeted, “Indian diaspora in Britain …

UK: Labour Party’s Keir Starmer pledges to combat Hinduphobia after Leicester violence
2 years, 2 months ago

UK: Labour Party’s Keir Starmer pledges to combat Hinduphobia after Leicester violence

Op India  

Following violence and targeted misinformation campaign against Hindus in Leicester and Birmingham, the UK’s opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer vowed to combat hate crimes of all sorts in its first direct reference to the term “Hinduphobia.” On Wednesday evening, Labour Leader Keir Starmer addressed a crowd of hundreds of British Indian Hindus at one of Europe’s largest Navratri celebrations, …

'Must Fight Hinduphobia, Hindus Integral': UK Oppn Leader's Take on Leicester Clashes, Rising Hate Crime
2 years, 2 months ago

'Must Fight Hinduphobia, Hindus Integral': UK Oppn Leader's Take on Leicester Clashes, Rising Hate Crime

News 18  

Cases of hate crime and violence against the Hindu community have been surfacing in the United Kingdom over the past few weeks, triggering uproar from members of the community from across the world. UK’s Opposition Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer on Wednesday addressed such incidents as he attended one of Europe’s largest Navratri celebrations in London. According to PTI, he …

UK: Hindus protest outside Guardian office for anti-Hindu reporting
2 years, 2 months ago

UK: Hindus protest outside Guardian office for anti-Hindu reporting

Op India  

On 28th September 2022, Hindus in the United Kingdom gathered in front of the Guardian News office in London to protest against their biased reporting of the Leicester violence that painted the Hindu community in a bad light despite it being the victim of the incident in which a Hindu temple was vandalized. The protesters were seen holding placards saying …

Hindu nationalists now pose a global problem
2 years, 2 months ago

Hindu nationalists now pose a global problem

Al Jazeera  

The recent UK violence should serve as a wake-up call. Overseas offshoots of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have helped in this, as have allied groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or World Hindu Council. On September 17, young Hindu men marched through the streets of Leicester, chanting “Jai Sri Ram” – now a Hindu nationalist war …

Amid UK riots, lessons for Hindus on propaganda and genocide from ‘The US and the Holocaust’
2 years, 2 months ago

Amid UK riots, lessons for Hindus on propaganda and genocide from ‘The US and the Holocaust’

Firstpost  

Organised lies cannot be fought by disorganised truths that are not backed by investment and guided by expertise. That is the bottom line Hindus have to deal with now or never The acclaimed documentary maker Ken Burns’ new series, The US and the Holocaust, attempts to address a troubling question in the history of American anti-semitism: what exactly was the …

Right Word | Hinduphobia in UK: Anti-Hindu violence in Leicester and Smethwick is tip of the iceberg
2 years, 2 months ago

Right Word | Hinduphobia in UK: Anti-Hindu violence in Leicester and Smethwick is tip of the iceberg

Firstpost  

The recent violence against Hindus and attacks on their temples and homes and establishments are not standalone incidents The recent attacks on Hindus and Hindu temples by radical Islamists at Leicester city and in Smethwick town reflect rampant Hinduphobia in the United Kingdom. The Centre for Holistic and Integrated Studies, a New Delhi-based think tank that tracks and analyses international …

1000% spike in anti-Hindu hate, attacks across world: US research report
2 years, 3 months ago

1000% spike in anti-Hindu hate, attacks across world: US research report

Firstpost  

A US-based scientific research organisation has observed that there is dangerous hybridisation of hate against the Hindu community, citing the increasing attacks on them in the US country and other parts of the world Washington: There has been a 1,000 per cent rise in anti-Hindu hate and attacks on the members of the community across the world, including the US, …

Dangerous hybridisation of hate against Hindus globally, says U.S.-based research organisation
2 years, 3 months ago

Dangerous hybridisation of hate against Hindus globally, says U.S.-based research organisation

The Hindu  

There is now a dangerous hybridisation of hate against the Hindu community, a US-based scientific research organisation has said, citing the increasing attacks on them in this country and various parts of the world. @MIB_Indiapic.twitter.com/acrW3kHsTl — India in the UK September 19, 2022 “We've seen that there's been a growth of over 1,000% and anti-Hindu slurs are stoking fears of …

Rutgers University report serves truth about Hinduphobia, its prof Audrey Truschke adds irony
2 years, 5 months ago

Rutgers University report serves truth about Hinduphobia, its prof Audrey Truschke adds irony

Firstpost  

The study, ‘Anti-Hindu Disinformation: A Case Study of Hinduphobia on Social Media’, exposes how Islamist web networks are using white supremacist and Alt Right-inspired 4chan Pepe memes to denigrate Hindus on Telegram and other messaging services Rutgers University, the academic foothold that historian Audrey Truschke uses as its associate professor to target Hinduness and defend genocidal Islamist rulers like Aurangzeb, …

Hate crime and punishment: The Hindu Editorial on violence over ‘hurt sentiments’
2 years, 5 months ago

Hate crime and punishment: The Hindu Editorial on violence over ‘hurt sentiments’

The Hindu  

India’s laws on freedom of expression are clear about the reasonableness of the right to exercise it. But hate speech, directed at communities and intended to fan communal hatred, is not clearly defined in the law. However, there are provisions in the law that can be interpreted as allowing for criminalising offences that are related to hate speech, in particular …

The hazards of radicalisation
2 years, 5 months ago

The hazards of radicalisation

Hindustan Times  

The killings in Udaipur and Amravati that came to light over the past week have shaken the country, underscored the dangers of fanning communal passions for sectarian and political considerations, and hinted at the insidious role of radicalisation in shredding the social fabric and pushing citizens towards theocratic and ideological impulses that sit uneasily with the rule of law as …

The Nupur Sharma fiasco and the Liberals: 9 ways how the Islamo-fascists and their ideological comrades have shot themselves in the foot
2 years, 6 months ago

The Nupur Sharma fiasco and the Liberals: 9 ways how the Islamo-fascists and their ideological comrades have shot themselves in the foot

Op India  

Dear Liberals, I would like to congratulate you! Modi Government did not act against open hate spread against Hinduism and Lord Shiva by Isalmo-fascists and Stalinist left in liberal masks. I would not be surprised to see everyone that posted insulting messages about Lord Shiva now dragged to court and asked to pay for their crimes, exactly as you think …

Hard truths from the rubble of communal conflagrations
2 years, 7 months ago

Hard truths from the rubble of communal conflagrations

The Hindu  

The spate of riots that erupted around the recently held Ram Navami festival and Hanuman Jayanti in States such as Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan and in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri seem to be have begun a new chapter in Hindu-Muslim violence. Thus, from the Babri Masjid’s destruction to the demolition of a part of Jahangirpuri’s Jama Masjid this year, …

India: Is politics fueling attacks on Muslims?
2 years, 7 months ago

India: Is politics fueling attacks on Muslims?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, April 26 at 19:30GMT: A wave of violent attacks on India’s Muslim population has the community on edge. But critics say it is the latest attempt to harass India’s Muslim minority, which makes up roughly 14 percent of the country’s 1.4 billion population. Human Rights observers say recent incendiary rhetoric by politicians from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP a political beneficiary of Hindu-Muslim clashes
2 years, 8 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP a political beneficiary of Hindu-Muslim clashes

Deccan Chronicle  

There was a clash between groups of Hindus and Muslims near a mosque in Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi on the evening of Sunday, April 17, as a Hanuman Jayanti procession called Shobha Yatra was passing by the mosque. A determined BJP government at the Centre — the municipal corporations come under the jurisdiction of the Union home ministry in the …

Hindus must uphold unequal secularism via continued concessions while Muslims get the licence to use violence as leverage
2 years, 8 months ago

Hindus must uphold unequal secularism via continued concessions while Muslims get the licence to use violence as leverage

Firstpost  

Regardless of their actions, Muslims have a monopoly on victimhood while Hindus are the perpetual perpetrators because their very existence is provocative The anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-led civic body in Delhi on “illegal structures” on Wednesday has triggered apoplectic rage in liberal circles. Since Mehta enjoys papal authority over India’s ‘public intellectuals’, let’s examine his assertion of Hindus’ “raw …

Apocalypse of Hatred, Bigotry, Intolerance, Untruth Engulfing Country: Sonia Gandhi
2 years, 8 months ago

Apocalypse of Hatred, Bigotry, Intolerance, Untruth Engulfing Country: Sonia Gandhi

News 18  

Hatred, bigotry and intolerance were "engulfing" the country and if not stopped these would damage the society beyond repair, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has alleged. "Let us contain this raging fire, this tsunami of hate that has been unleashed before all that has been so painstakingly built by past generations is razed to the ground," Gandhi wrote. Gandhi alleged it …

A tale of two Indias: Kishan and Lavanya get forgotten while Sharia loyalists get echoed in SC
2 years, 10 months ago

A tale of two Indias: Kishan and Lavanya get forgotten while Sharia loyalists get echoed in SC

Op India  

In a nation that claims to be indiscriminate at its core, how ironic it is that the true victims of hate crime, Kishan Bharwad, and Lavanya, who don’t even exist to defend themselves, are forgotten, while voices favoring Muslim women wearing burqa are amplified in the highest levels of the judiciary. This is the India we live in, which is …

Recognise ‘Hinduphobia’ and violence against Buddhists, Sikhs too: Indian envoy to U.N.
2 years, 11 months ago

Recognise ‘Hinduphobia’ and violence against Buddhists, Sikhs too: Indian envoy to U.N.

The Hindu  

Calling for the United Nations to recognise ‘Hinduphobia’ along with other acts of religious hatred against Buddhism and Sikhism, India’s U.N. envoy T.S.Tirumurti said that the U.N.’s latest Global Counter-Terrorism strategy passed last year is full of flaws and is selective, and could reverse gains from the global consensus in the “war on terror” post 9/11. Mr. Tirumurti pointed out …

Hindu monk in India charged over call for ‘genocide’ of Muslims
2 years, 11 months ago

Hindu monk in India charged over call for ‘genocide’ of Muslims

Al Jazeera  

Police called Yati Narsinghanand Giri, an outspoken supporter of far-right nationalists who also heads a Hindu monastery, a ‘repeat offender’. Indian authorities have charged a Hindu monk with inciting religious violence after he called for the “genocide” of India’s Muslims at a meeting of right-wing supporters, police said. In December, Giri and other religious leaders called on Hindus to arm …

Hindu monk jailed after calling for ‘genocide’ of Muslims
2 years, 11 months ago

Hindu monk jailed after calling for ‘genocide’ of Muslims

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian authorities have charged a Hindu monk with inciting religious violence after he called for the “genocide” of India’s Muslims at a meeting of right-wing supporters, police said Monday. In December, Giri and other religious leaders called on Hindus to arm themselves for “a genocide” against Muslims during a meeting in Haridwar, a northern holy town in …

OPINION | Take action against hate-mongers who incite Hindus and Muslims
2 years, 11 months ago

OPINION | Take action against hate-mongers who incite Hindus and Muslims

India TV News  

All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi was at the centre of a controversy over his election speech made two weeks ago in UP. In his speech, Owaisi warned the state police not to indulge in, what he called, “atrocities against Muslims”. BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia alleged that Owaisi was threatening both Hindus and Muslims, and that both the …

Striking fear: The Hindu Editorial on Haridwar hate speech and legal action
2 years, 11 months ago

Striking fear: The Hindu Editorial on Haridwar hate speech and legal action

The Hindu  

A conclave of Hindu religious leaders and political activists in saffron robes held recently in the holy city of Haridwar has brought great shame to the country and its constitutional and religious values. In a so-called Dharam Sansad, or a religious parliament, key personages with a track record of inflammatory and provocative speeches made unconscionable calls for genocide against Muslims …

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