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Spike in anti-Muslim rallies since BJP retook India’s Maharashtra

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Spike in anti-Muslim rallies since BJP retook India’s Maharashtra
Ram Navami festival was the latest concerted attempt to ignite religious tensions in India’s richest state.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Instagram Posts About a 17th-Century King Are Getting People Arrested

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Instagram Posts About a 17th-Century King Are Getting People Arrested
Right-wing groups in India are policing social media and reporting minorities for allegedly offending their religion.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Khwaja Moeenuddin recalls voting in India’s first elections; he also voted in General Elections 2024. A resident of Beed, Maharashtra, he speaks on the past, present and future of our secular democracy

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‘I once voted to build the country...now I am voting to save it’
Khwaja Moeenuddin, 92, recalls voting in India’s first elections; he also voted in General Elections 2024. A resident of Beed, Maharashtra, he speaks on the past, present and future of our secular dem...
ruralindiaonline.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Given how integral cows are to the rural economy, attacks on cattle truck drivers have had a crushing effect on farmers and traders.

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In Pune: waiting for the cows to come home
Since 2014, cow vigilantism has seen a sharp rise in various parts of India. Given how integral cows are to the rural economy, attacks on cattle truck drivers have had a crushing effect on farmers and...
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November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Hindu mobs are attacking shrines at which people of many faiths have worshipped for centuries.

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Malgaon stands up to polarisation
Hindu mobs are attacking shrines at which people of many faiths have worshipped for centuries. A determined village shows how syncretic ways of living can still be revived #RuralIndiaOnline
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November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Photoshopped images, doctored videos and rumours are enough to set Hindu mobs off, resulting in the loss of Muslim lives and property

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In Pusesavali: doctored images, destroyed lives
In Maharashtra, majoritarian Hindutva mobs are whipping up the communal cauldron. Photoshopped images, doctored videos and rumours are enough to set them off, resulting in the loss of Muslim lives and...
ruralindiaonline.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
In more than one instance, Muslims in rural Maharashtra have found the local police unwilling and hostile when asked to register complaints about Hindus attacking them.

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November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM