Tag: Mumbai

BJP responsible for most hate speech in India, study finds

July 11, 2018 India Bihar, BJP, Caste, Hindu nationalism, India, Minorities, Mumbai, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh

The north-eastern Indian state of Bihar leads the way for hate speech in India, according to a new study published by Telegraph India. Law students from three different universities in Patna, Dehradun and New Delhi used media reports between 2014-2018 to examine the use of hate speech in the country. They . . . Read More

Indians take to the streets in protest against religious violence

July 7, 2017 India Assam, Bangalore, Beef, BJP, Dalits, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai, Narendra Modi

Thousands of people, including church groups and representatives of civil society, have gathered in cities across India over the past ten days to protest against mounting religious intolerance and to express solidarity with the victims of the violence, under the banner “Not in My Name”. The protests in Kolkata, Hyderabad, . . . Read More

Protests as Mumbai officials remove cross from ‘private land’

May 4, 2017 India Crosses, India, Mumbai

A local authority in Mumbai is being taken to the High Court over the removal of a 122-year-old cross that is reported to have stood on private land, reports New Delhi Television. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) removed the cross in Bandra, a wealthy Mumbai suburb, on 29 April in . . . Read More

India: bishop ‘shocked’ after Assam attack

June 27, 2016 India Assam, Bajrang Dal, Hindu nationalism, Hyderabad, India, Minorities, Mumbai, Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh

A bishop in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam has spoken of his “shock” after a local priest was attacked with a machete on 19 June. Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo of Tezpur it was “the first ever incident like this in our region”. (Assam is one of , linked to . . . Read More

Indian beef ban hits ‘untouchable’ Dalits hardest

March 13, 2015 India Bangalore, Beef, BJP, Dalits, Hindutva, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

A national ban on beef, the cheapest meat in India, would hurt all of India’s tribal peoples.Meena Kadri / Flickr / CC The west Indian state of Maharashtra, run by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), caused a commotion last week when it received Federal approval to enforce . . . Read More

2 attacks prompt Christians to stop meeting at Indian church

January 31, 2013 India Hindu nationalism, India, Maharashtra, Mumbai

An uneasy calm prevails 20 miles east of India’s largest city, in a rural village where Hindus recently have twice attacked Christians, who in turn have agreed to stop holding meetings in a prayer hall. The first attack came Dec. 30, when Adivasi tribal Christians living in the village of . . . Read More

India Briefs: Recent Incidents of Persecution

December 30, 2011 India Andhra Pradesh, Bangalore, Hindu nationalism, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pentecostals, RSS, Tamil Nadu

Police arrested a Christian after Hindu extremists on Dec. 22 accused him of forceful conversion in Nagarcoil. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Hindu extremists accused Sagaya Dass of forceful conversion after he and students from SP Hindu College organised a Christmas program. The extremists filed a police . . . Read More

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