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India came to a halt Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the opening of a grand Hindu temple on a contested holy site that has become a symbol of religious tensions in the world ...
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 ...
At least 80 people injured amid religious clashes while 165 have been arrested
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom classified India as Tier-2 in persecuting religious minorities, the same as that of Iraq and Egypt. In a 2018 report, USCIRF charged Hindu nationalist groups for their campaign to " Saffronize " India through violence, intimidation, and harassment against non-Hindus. [ 12 ]
Two Hindus taking part in the religious procession, One Abhishek Chauhan, [72] Abhishek and his brother had come to Nuh for the procession, and were exiting the Shiv Mandir in Nalhar when they were attacked by a mob armed with guns, swords and stones. Abhishek's brother states that just as the mob started beating people his brother was shot.
The events throw a spotlight on the religious strains in places like Nayabans since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the national ...
Violence against Christians in India is religiously motivated violence against Christians in India. [1] Human Rights Watch has classified violence against Christians in India as a tactic used by the right-wing Sangh Parivar organizations to encourage and exploit communal violence in furtherance of their political ends. [ 1 ]
There has been a sharp rise in hate speech incidents targeting religious minorities in India, according to a new report by an American think tank.. The country recorded 1,165 hate speech events ...