BBC: Being Muslim in Modi’s India
And anti-Muslim hate speech has surged – three quarters of incidents were reported from states ruled by the BJP. “Muslims have become second-class citizens, an invisible minority in their own country,” says Ziya Us Salam, author of a new book, Being Muslim in Hindu India. But the BJP – and Mr Modi – deny that minorities are […]
ABC: Critics of Narendra Modi barred from entering India after speaking out against government
Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party denies accusations of fostering religious intolerance and says its policies benefit all Indians. India Hate Lab, a website tracking hate speech in India, found a steep rise in hate speech targeting Muslims in the second half of 2023. It documented 413 incidents, a 62 per cent rise compared to the […]
ACLED: Resurgent Hindu nationalism sets the stage for the upcoming elections, driving communal violence
A recent report by the Washington, DC-based India Hate Lab found that hate speech, mainly directed against Muslims, peaked during campaigning for Indian state elections in 2023; the BJP won three of the five states that went to polls.32 Anti-Muslim sentiment in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots, where Hindu mobs reportedly killed hundreds of […]