India: Hindutva thugs try to destroy mosque
Raza Jama Mosque in India's Maharashtra was vandalized and its Qurans were burned in an arson attack by Hindu extremists who were shouting slogans...
India: Weakened Modi takes oath of office for third term
India's Islamophobic leader Narendra Modi took his oath as Prime Minister of India yesterday after losing his parliamentary majority and needing the help of coalition...
Narendra Modi’s BJP loses parliamentary majority in Indian elections
Confounding widespread expectations of a landslide, Narendra Modi’s BJP Party has lost its parliamentary majority, forcing the Islamophobic Prime Minister to negotiate with coalition partners in...
India’s Assam state abolishes Muslim marriage law
The Indian state of Assam has abolished a Muslim marriage and divorce law in what's being seen as the latest move targeting Muslims ahead of national...
Haldwani: Muslims live in fear after India mosque demolition
5Pillars' correspondent Musa Farooqi reports from the town of Haldwani in northern India where deadly anti-Muslim violence erupted after the illegal demolition of a mosque...
Ayodhya temple inauguration “a dangerous moment for India’s religious minorities”
"The tearing down of the Babri Masjid has provided a template for more extremist attacks. Since its destruction in 1992, Hindu extremists have raised...
Modi inaugurates ‘grand Ram temple’ on site of demolished Babri Masjid
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the "grand Ram temple" built at the site of the demolished 16th-century Babri Mosque in the northern Indian...
Muslim man beaten to death in Rajasthan, India
This is the moment a 26-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death in Rajasthan, India on Tuesday.
Mohammad Afsar's killing took place in the street...
India: Muslim drivers brutally attacked by Hindutva group in Haryana
"Say: cow is our mother"
Two Muslim drivers in Haryana, India were brutally attacked by members of the Hindutva "cow protection" group Gau Raksha Dal...
Anger in Kashmir after three civilians ‘tortured and killed’ in Indian army custody
In Jammu Kashmir’s Poonch district, three men have been found dead under suspicious circumstances after having been in Indian army custody.
The deceased individuals, identified...
