TIME: Modi Win Will Only Mean More Trouble for Indian Muslims
The India Hate Lab, a Washington D.C.-based group that documents hate speech against India’s religious minorities, in its report of 2023 paints a grim picture of rising hate speech incidents against Muslims, totaling 668 documented cases. These incidents, often featuring calls for violence and spreading divisive theories, were predominantly concentrated in regions governed by the BJP, particularly […]
AFP: India awaits results of general election marred by ‘unprecedented’ disinformation
Raqib Hameed Naik, from the US-based India Hate Lab, said they had “witnessed an unprecedented scale of disinformation” in the elections. “Conspiracy theories… were vigorously promoted to deepen the communal divide,” said Naik, whose organisation researches hate speech and disinformation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came under fire for posts stoking sectarian tensions with India’s minority Muslim community of […]
France 24: Cow vigilante violence spreads in Indian states
Watch France 24’s interview with India Hate Lab founder Raqib Hameed Naik: https://x.com/Observateurs/status/1796557470636073140