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Muslim rickshaw driver allegedly assaulted in India
According to the police, 52-year-old Gaffar Ahmed Kachawa had lodged a police complaint against two individuals at the Sadar Police Station in the Sikar city for beating and forcing him to chant a slogan on Friday.
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Muslim man in India attacked with hammer on suspicion of transporting beef: media
According to Times of India, police said that the incident took place on Friday morning in Haryana's Gurgaon district and one of the accused had been arrested.
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Somber Eid for Muslims in India during pandemic
With days before the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha, the biggest animal market in western Uttar Pradesh should be bustling with buyers and sellers.
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Resistance against injustice toward Muslims grows in India
Since India's Hindu nationalist-dominated Parliament passed a law that grants citizenship to refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan as long as they are not Muslim, there have been protests across the country demanding its repeal.
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India grants thousands citizenship rights in Kashmir to dilute Muslim population
The certificate, a sort of citizenship right, entitles a person to residency and government jobs in the region, which till last year was reserved only for the local population.
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India rejects Muslim bloc's stand on Jammu and Kashmir
“Our position is consistent on this matter and has no ambiguity. OIC has no locus standing in matters strictly internal to India, including that of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” said Anurag Srivastava, spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
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COVID ‘harassment’ against Muslims in India unfortunate
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, said this while briefing reporters during a conference call on the impact of COVID-19 on religious minorities throughout the world.
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Court in India overrules prohibits Islamic call to prayer
Ruling that the Adhan was an integral part of the Islamic religion, the Allahabad High Court urged authorities against hindering its practice under the pretext of COVID-19 guideline violations.
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India: 3,000 Muslims forced to quarantine after 40 days
The Tablighi Jamaat members, who have tested negative and their 14-day quarantine period is long over, have not been released despite requests.
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Shia Youth Foundation in India distribute food among needy + photos
The outbreak of the new coronavirus, millions of poor and needy workers who survive on daily wages are in a critical situation.
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Letter of a renowned Shia scholar from India to head of Islamic seminaries of Iran
Aligarh Interfaith Center, is mobilizing religious and spiritual leaders of Muslims, Hindu, Buddhists, Jain, Christian, and Sikhs to unite and guide masses and provide comfort and peace for them.
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Pakistan slams India for linking virus with Muslims
"[The] Indian government, media and RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] attempted to link the coronavirus with Muslims and Pakistan but their attempt has badly failed," Pakistan Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar said at a press conference on state-run Pakistan Television.
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OIC condemns violence against Indian Muslims amid COVID-19
The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization in a tweet said Indian media is negatively profiling the Muslims in media and subjecting them to discrimination and violence with impunity.
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Muslim charities aid needy in India amid COVID
As of Thursday, the death toll from the coronavirus had reached 423 and the number of positive cases 12,456, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.
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India summons Iran envoy over FM Zarif’s tweet against anti-Muslim violence
Indian media cited unnamed official sources as saying that Ambassador Ali Chegini had been summoned on Tuesday morning after Zarif denounced “the wave of organized violence against Indian Muslims” and called for dialog as the best solution to the problem plaguing the South Asian country.
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Foreign Ministry Spokesman:
Iran worried about violence against Muslims in India
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is following up on the issue through many channels and we have heard that some Muslim countries have had some movements.”
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Muslims return to fire-bombed mosques as India riot toll jumps to 42
Indian police arrested 514 people for deadly religious violence that broke out in the capital, the government said on Friday, as it faced mounting international criticism for failing to protect minority Muslims.
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Indonesia condemns anti-Muslim violence in India
Indonesian Minister of Religion Affairs Fachrul Razi urged India to protect its minority population and not harm humanitarian values over differences in faith.
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Anti-Muslim violence in India reaches alarming proportions
The international media fixated on the pomp and ceremony, or rather glitz and glam of what was a two-day extravaganza of right-wing populist and ultranationalist odes and slogans.
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OIC concerned over issues affecting Muslims in India
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday expressed concerns on the controversial citizenship law affecting the Muslim minority in India.
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India: 15 killed, mainly Muslims in anti-citizenship law protests
Inspector General of Police Praveen Kumar confirmed the death toll to Anadolu Agency saying fresh cases were reported from the northern Uttar Pradesh state.
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Students join rally against new citizenship law on campuses across India
Anger has been growing in India over the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which gives refugees of all of South Asia’s major religions, including Buddhists and Hindus — except Muslims — from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh a clear path to Indian citizenship.
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India: Clerics ask Muslims to recheck records
Feeling Muslims’ status under siege, several mosques in southern India are making announcements to Muslims during Friday prayers urging them to recheck their identity records to make sure they are error free.
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Mosques in India trends on Twitter after Babri Mosque verdict
Social media users in India took to Twitter on Friday to raise awareness of the country's Islamic heritage using the hashtag #MosquesofIndia, a week after India’s Supreme Court awarded a bitterly contested religious site to Hindus.
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India awaits verdict on Babri Mosque with bated breath
The verdict is expected before the current Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi retires on Nov. 17.
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India formally divides Kashmir to tighten grip over Muslim-majority region
Under the new arrangement, the state was formally taken on Thursday under direct federal control and split into the territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, which borders China.
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The growing scandal of Muslim concentration camps
Historically, the practice has given rise to its own sinister vocabulary, notably such terms as “concentration camps”.
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Babri Mosque case: Indian top court sets final deadline
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that if parties want to amicably resolve the matter through mediation, they can still go ahead with it.
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India enforce restriction in Kashmir, bars Shia ceremonies
The Indian government banned mourners from holding processions commemorating the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein (A.S).
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Millions of Muslims to lose Indian citizenship today
The final version of the controversial list called the National Register of Citizens is the result of a six-year effort to ostensibly catalog all the legal residents of the northeastern state of Assam.