Religion

‘Involved with a Muslim man?’ Radhika Yadav’s killing by father sparks flurry of misleading communal claims

Shinjinee Majumder15th July 2025

On July 10, 2025, 25-year-old Radhika Yadav was allegedly shot dead by her father, Deepak Yadav, in her own home in Gurugram. Yadav shot at her three times with his…

Video of Hindu woman kneeling at Rath Yatra in Puri viral with false claims that she was offering namaz

Ankita Mahalanobish11th July 2025

A video showing a female police volunteer pulling away a woman kneeling underneath a large wooden chariot is viral on social media with communal claims that she was offering namaz…

NBDSA orders Times Now Navbharat to take down misleading thumbnail from video on Shimla mosque controversy

Shinjinee Majumder23rd June 202523rd June 2025

The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has pulled up Times Now Navbharat (TNN) for using a “misleading” thumbnail on one of its broadcast videos from 2024 that was…

Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

Shinjinee Majumder & Abhishek Kumar29th April 20253rd May 2025

At least 26 people were killed in the picturesque Baisaran valley near Pahalgam in Anantnag district on April 22 in the deadliest terror attack targetting tourists in Kashmir in recent…

Land dispute in Hindu family turns violent; axe attack video from Bangladesh viral with false communal angle

Kinjal8th April 2025

The story uses only screenshots and not the actual video in view of the graphic nature of the footage. A video from Bangladesh has been doing the rounds on social…

To fellow Indians, with love: How little, nameless acts of kindness & mutual respect defeated hate this Eid

Shinjinee Majumder5th April 20255th April 2025

“Tum kala kamal likho, hum lal gulaab likhenge…” [Roughly translated as: You may say the rose is black, we shall keep saying it’s red, tinged in the colour of love.]…

Accused in UP minor’s rape not Muslims, old Lallantop report shared with false claims

Pawan Kumar4th April 2025

A screengrab of a post by news outlet ‘The Lallantop’ is doing the rounds on social media. It states, “Father, uncle and grandfather arrested for raping minor in UP, girl…

Muslim youth threatens to get policeman suspended? Scripted video viral

Pawan Kumar28th March 2025

A 24 second video is currently viral on social media with the caption “Salim threatened the police”. In the video, a man wearing a cap generally worn by Muslims threatens…

Holi 2025: Consent goes for a toss again; violence against women, religious minorities takes front seat

Oishani Bhattacharya & Shinjinee Majumder28th March 20254th April 2025

On Holi this year, Congress-ruled Telangana became an easy target for the Opposition. Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party went all guns blazing after the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police issued…

‘Body in fridge’ tableau in Munger Shivratri rally: Islamophobia & hate trounced devotion & piety?

Shinjinee Majumder & Ankita Mahalanobish13th March 202521st March 2025

In BJP-ruled India, Hindu religious festivals have often metamorphosed from occasions for devotion and celebrations to rallying points for Hindutva fanatics to intimidate, provoke, and attack minority communities. Even by…