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India’s Hindu-Muslim hate crimes are being tracked, by self-exiles Modi supporters wants silenced

From their bases in North America and Europe, Hindutva Watch’s members say they want to remedy India’s ‘clear vacuum’ of reporting on hate crimes. The multicultural group of social-media sleuths are now being targeted by Modi’s Hindu-nationalist BJP – as they warn India faces its ‘darkest days’.

scmp.com/week-asia/people/arti

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As the 2024 Elections Approach, India Is Entering the Most Dangerous Phase of Its Existence

The violence in Nuh, Palwal and Gurgaon makes it clear Narendra Modi has fallen back on the one antidote with which he is familiar, which worked unfailingly in Gujarat and in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This is the stirring up hatred of Muslims and other minorities in the Hindu majority.

thewire.in/politics/elections-

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Muslim ambushed by cow vigilantes in India missing for two years

Rafiq Tamboli’s wife continues to search for answers two years after her truck driver husband was stopped by vigilantes in Maharashtra.

aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/24/m

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Beef prejudice kills Muslim truck driver in Bihar, seven arrested for murder in Saran district

The deceased, identified as 55-year-old Muhammad Zahiruddin, was crossing Khori Pakar under Jalalpur police station in the district when his vehicle developed a snag.

telegraphindia.com/india/beef-

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Cow Vigilantes in Nashik Kill One, Injure Another on Beef Transportation Suspicions

The victims were two Muslim men who were transporting meat to Mumbai. They were stopped and attacked by a group of cow vigilantes in Nashik district. Local police have arrested 11 people for the incident.

thewire.in/communalism/nashik-

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Went on pilgrimage, not hiding from cops, claims Monu Manesar, who is a suspect in Nasir-Junaid murder case

Junaid and Nasir had gone missing on February 15 this year and a day later, their charred bodies were found in Loharu in Haryana’s Bhiwani district. They were allegedly killed by cow vigilantes who suspected them of carrying cattle illegally, but when they did not find any, they assaulted and burnt the duo.

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Junaid, Nasir lynching: Rajasthan govt sends family member to jail, Govt aid yet to be granted

Four months after the brutal attack by the members of Hindutva militant group that resulted in the death of two Muslim men, Junaid and Nasir in Ghatmika village of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, the families of the victims are still looking for justice and running pillar-to-post to get their demands met.

maktoobmedia.com/latest-news/j

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Alwar Lynching Case: Four Accused Convicted, VHP Leader Acquitted for 'Lack of Evidence'

The four men found guilty of culpable homicide and wrongful restraint have been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.

thewire.in/law/alwar-lynching-

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Hindutva Profiles: Mohit alias Monu ‘Manesar’

He has actively participated in many bovine-related mob lynchings of Muslims while the police looked the other way. His praises for the Haryana state police’s cooperation with him in his hate and violence-filled campaign of cow protection tells the story of their clandestine relationship.

hindutvaprofiles.com/member/mo

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How a cow vigilante rose to become BJP’s candidate in Udupi

The rise of Yashpal Suvarna coincides with the BJP’s return to its original formula in Udupi – Hindutva and communal mobilisation taking precedence over a more inclusive appeal based on socio-economic themes.

thenewsminute.com/article/how-

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An Accused in the Murder of a Muslim Cow Trader in Karnataka Is a Familiar Name

Punit Kerehalli, one of the five accused in the murder of Idris Pasha, is the president of a well known Hindutva group which had earlier been vocal about stopping Muslim vendors from selling wares outside temples.

thewire.in/communalism/punith-

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The Myriad Things Indian Muslims Are Changing To Survive Overt & Covert Hostility In Their Changing Country

From giving up the food they love to where they pray to even concealing interfaith marriages, Indian Muslims are changing how they eat, talk, work and other practices and customs fundamental to their identity, to survive India’s era of Hindu majoritarianism. The damage of having to modify perfectly legal and appropriate behaviour, in order to stay safe and employed, is real and difficult to quantify, but it is widespread.

article-14.com/post/the-myriad

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Muslim man beaten to death by Hindu nationalists in Bihar

A Muslim man, Naseeb Qureshi (47), was beaten to death by a group of Hindu nationalists in Chhapra, Bihar on Tuesday. The assailants claimed that the Muslim man was carrying beef.

hindutvawatch.org/muslim-man-b

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Field Notes: ‘I Could No Longer Hold The Camera. I Stopped Recording’

The murder of Junaid and Nasir was not the only hate crime in Ghatmeeka, home to truck drivers, dairy farmers, and farmers who grow wheat, mustard, and lentils, writes Vipul Kumar.

article-14.stck.me/post/64927/

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