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No, Hindu festivals are not a Sarkari scheme that everyone has a right to: Why VHP’s call to ban Muslims from Garba is neither...

Shraddha Pandey - 9 September, 2026

As Navratri is approaching and preparations are on for Garba events across the country, the Islamo-leftist coterie has turned on its activism mode for ensuring unrestricted participation of Muslims, primarily Muslim men, in Garba programs even as Islam prohibits participation in non-Muslim festivities.

News Reports

Stone pelting, idol vandalism and more: A compilation of 10 incidents across India wherein Islamists unleashed mayhem on the occasion of Navaratri

पूजा राणा - 3 October, 2025

While lakhs of Hindu devotees came together for Durga Puja and Garba festivities, reports from several states showed how Islamists tried to disrupt the event and targeted the Hindu community.

“Don’t leave a single Hindu girl untouched at Garba event”: Obscene chats spark Love Jihad row in Mumbai’s Virar, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2025

The incident came to light during Friday’s Navaratri celebrations when organizers noticed the student filming female participants. On checking his phone, they reportedly found multiple videos of girls, alongside obscene chats and conversations that outlined plans to lure Hindu girls into relationships and “ruin” them.

Crime

Rajasthan: Muslim boy enters garba pandal with fake ID card of ‘Aarav Trivedi’, harasses Hindu girl, caught after VHP intervenes

OpIndia Staff - 29 September, 2025

The victim was being harassed by the minor Muslim after she snapped ties with him upon learning about his identity.

News Reports

Molestation, obscenity, violence, and love jihad by Islamic fundamentalists in Garba pandals: 17 incidents to understand why a ban on their entry is necessary

सौम्या सिंह - 26 September, 2025

A look at the incidents makes it clear that the demand to ban non-Hindus from entering Garba pandals is not religious discrimination, but a measure to address a serious issue relating to women's safety.

Opinions

As VHP issues a checklist to ensure only Hindus participate in Garba events, read why Muslims have been barred from the sacred celebrations

Rukma Rathore - 25 September, 2025

Muslim males have been infamous for concealing their faith and luring Hindu girls during garba events in Navratri.

Media

Dear Arfa, if your ‘I Love Muhammad’ is so harmless then why is it leading to Muslim mobs attacking Hindus and police?

Jhankar Mohta - 25 September, 2025

You have every right to say "I Love Muhammad". But as a Hindu under siege, I ask, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, why add, "If there is a war in your name, even cowards like us will stand in the first row"?

Crime

Gujarat: Muslim mob attacks Garba celebration, vandalises Hindu temples, victims narrate ordeal as police detain 60 accused

OpIndia Staff - 25 September, 2025

Eyewitnesses revealed that the Muslim mob selectively attacked the shops belonging to Hindus and left the shops of Muslims unharmed.

News Reports

‘Christianisation’ of Hindu festivals? Axis Bank triggers outrage with a new ad campaign featuring a Santa Claus at Navratri Garba event

OpIndia Staff - 22 September, 2025

Axis Bank has triggered outrage after its Diwali ad campaign showed Santa Claus gatecrashing Navratri Garba, with netizens accusing the brand of “Christianising” Hindu festivals.

News Reports