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Hindu activists deny reports of Hauz Qazi Muslims ‘helping in installing idols’, say they were serving food to Hindus only for photo-ops

OpIndia Staff - 10 July, 2019

While there were several photographs from the event that went viral when Hauz Qazi was saffronised, one photograph where 2-3 Muslim men serving food to the Hindus of the areas during the ritual went viral

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Congress leader spotted in protest in Ranchi against ‘mob lynching’ that turned violent and attacked bus carrying students

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2019

According to sources, Congress spokesperson Shamsher Alam was trying to provoke the situation in Ranchi during this 'protest' by creating communal tension.

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Mumbai Police registers complaint against TikTok ‘celebrities’ for inciting violence through social media

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2019

In a video, a group of TikTok 'influencers' had instigated hate and propagated revenge over Tabrez Ansari's death

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mob attacks Hindu temple, damages the structure with weapons in Lakhimpur Kheri

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2019

The villagers claimed that the main accused Wasim is a history-sheeter with past criminal records. Wasim had allegedly mobilised Muslims in the area to remove the Hindu temple.

Opinions

Faith under siege: What is behind the recent spate of attacks on Hindu religious sites?

Abhishek Banerjee - 8 July, 2019

The temple vandalism in Hauz Qazi, Chandni Chowk is still totally fresh in our memories, still very much a topic of discussion on social media. There have since then been a spate of attack on Hindu religious sites

Crime

Tensions escalate as a boy brutally stabbed during the protests in Ranchi against alleged lynching of Tabrez Ansari held by Muslim groups

OpIndia Staff - 7 July, 2019

According to reports, a boy named Vivek Srivastava was brutally stabbed by the mob protestors and another one was beaten up in the night around 10 pm when the two boys were passing by on a bike.

Opinions

Here is how the real purpose of the ‘Lynchistan’ narrative was to provoke actual violence

Abhishek Banerjee - 6 July, 2019

The killing of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand is again an example of a real event picked up and fitted into a false narrative of 'Lynchistan'

Opinions

Fanatics at the front door: The case of Hauz Qazi

Saket Suryesh - 4 July, 2019

Democracy is all about giving a voice to the voiceless and representation to the faceless. This is what went missing in the initial period of the incident of Hauz Qazi in Old Delhi where a Hindu temple was vandalized.

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