An organization representing Indian Muslim Americans canceled its participation and withdrew its float from the yearly India Day Parade held in New York City over the inclusion of a float that celebrates a highly controversial, recently built Hindu temple, which is being criticized for showing anti-Muslim bias and bigotry.
Indian American Muslim Group Cancels Parade Participation Amid Float Controversyhttps://t.co/cO9IhQ7nQE
Police said on June 24th that a 14-year-old boy in Pakistan reportedly stabbed a man belonging to the country’s Shia Muslim minority to death for allegedly speaking against the companions of the Prophet Muhammad in Punjab province.
A 14-year-old kid named Rehan stabbed an elderly man repeatedly and killed him in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, Punjab after a sectarian debate. pic.twitter.com/BO0aAOjVue
A high court in India rejected a plea to protect a Muslim woman and a Hindu man after ruling that her decision to enter into a live-in relationship with the man is illegal under Muslim law, calling it Zina (fornication) and Haram (an act forbidden by Allah).
A well-known Hindu nationalist organization went to court to prevent two lions named after a 16th-century Mughal emperor and a Hindu deity from sharing a zoo enclosure in the state of West Bengal.
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India https://t.co/EevKjGvU4i
Many people worldwide celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th with flowers, chocolates, and sweet messages. However, many Hindu nationalists across India were not happy with the event and wanted Indians to stop celebrating it.
Lawmakers in a small Indian state have voted to approve a landmark civil code that will unify personal laws for marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption for Hindus, Muslims, and other religious communities, including legislation that will require couples living together to register with the government or face punishment.
From a Mughal-era mosque that was razed by radical Hindu nationalist militants more than three decades ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a newly constructed and highly anticipated Hindu temple that was built in the former mosque’s place, drawing both support and criticism from various groups and sectors of Indian society.
NPR: India's Modi inaugurates a long-promised but controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya https://t.co/47r8d9zlj4
Netflix is facing another backlash from right-wing Hindu nationalists in India over a film for its depiction of a deity and member of a traditionally vegetarian caste cooking and eating meat.
Netflix pulls Indian film after backlash from rightwing Hindu groups https://t.co/VFJQUC6ouw
Hindu advocates in the United States are expressing their concern and urging temples in the country to increase their vigilance and security measures after three Hindu temples in the San Francisco Bay Area were vandalized within two weeks.
An Indian politician recently stoked controversy after a speech where he claimed that Hinduism is not a religion but a fraud and a means of livelihood for some people.
