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Anti-Muslim hate speech has been soaring in India, with a recent report by the Washington-based research group India Hate Lab recording 668 cases in 2023. While 255 events took place in the first ...
Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. [7] India also has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. [8] [9] The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making up around 15% of the Muslim ...
2–3 July – 2024 India-Bangladesh floods: At least sixteen people are killed by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, while over 300,000 more are displaced. [102] [103] 5 July – A victory parade is held in Mumbai by the Indian cricket team following their victory in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [104] [105]
Protests against the remarks by the Muslim community of Kolkata, West Bengal. The 2022 Muhammad remarks row began on 27 May 2022, when Nupur Sharma, a spokeswoman of India's ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), made remarks about the Islamic prophet Muhammad in reply to remarks on the Hindu god Shiva, on a Times Now debate on the Gyanvapi Mosque dispute, which sparked controversy. [1]
India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticized for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
[80] [81] Unemployment in India has been at a 45-year old high. [82] According to a 2022 World Bank report, India's youth unemployment rate stood at 23.2%, [83] whereas the national unemployment hovered around 7%. [80] In 2023, 42.3% of graduates were unemployed, showing the lack of job growth needed to accommodate the increasing workforce. [84]
Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, who predicted Rwandan genocide 5 years before it happened in 1994, condemned the hate speech and said that a genocide against Muslims is impending in India. He also asked the US Congress to pass a resolution to warn India against a possible Muslim genocide. [24] [25]
On 5 August 2024, at around 3:00 p.m., Prime Minister Hasina resigned and fled the country on a helicopter with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, to India, [2] [25] [58] [3] arriving in Delhi via Agartala. Although she intended to record a speech, she did not have the opportunity to do so. [ 59 ]