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Bollywood is playing a large supporting role in India’s elections
By Preminda Jacob — April 11, 2024
(The Conversation) — Ahead of elections in India, a series of films that promote the ruling party’s right-wing ideology are seeking to influence voters. An art historian explains how the trend started.
A celebrated temple in India is also a symbol of the country’s anti-Muslim campaign
By Safa Ahmed — January 19, 2024
(RNS) — Behind the inauguration festivities for a temple in India lurks a Hindu nationalist desire to eradicate Muslims.
In India’s holiest city, Hindus worship the nation of India
By Richa Karmarkar — December 20, 2023
VARANASI, India (RNS) — The Bharat Mata mandir in India’s holiest city has come to represent an ideology that many in Narendra Modi’s constituency hold — a distinctly religious allegiance to the personified mother goddess of India.
India’s transnational extrajudicial murders are global religious nationalism
By Tarunjit Singh Butalia — December 1, 2023
(RNS) — But there is a deeper issue in US-India relations that needs parsing.
A ‘pilgrimage of love’ seeks Indian Hindu leaders willing to condemn Hindu nationalism
By Nikhil Mandalaparthy — April 24, 2023
(RNS) — Past religious leaders have spoken against hate originating from their own religious traditions.
In remote Himalayan desert, Buddhists, Muslims, Christians unite to protect land, heritage
By Priyadarshini Sen — March 2, 2023
NEW DELHI (RNS) — The movement has been effective because ‘faith leaders are trusted more than political parties,’ said one activist in the region.
Hindus only: How religious nationalism has spread through India’s villages
By Priyadarshini Sen — February 15, 2023
KADAPA, India (RNS) — A village of just 250 families put up a clear warning to non-Hindus wanting to enter.
How America can stop India’s anti-Christian crusade in its tracks
By David Curry — February 9, 2023
(Global Christian Relief) — The world’s largest democracy should be protecting the religious rights of all of its people.
Why they broke with Hindu nationalism: Four former zealots speak out
By Priyadarshini Sen — November 11, 2022
(RNS) — Participants in the destruction of a historic mosque 30 years ago, a signal event that led to a surge in Hindu nationalism in India, talk about their transformed lives.
How India’s ‘Hindutva pop’ stars use music to target Muslims
By Hanan Zaffar and Hamaad Habibullah — August 26, 2022
(RNS) — Observers say the increasingly popular genre is triggering violence against Muslims, a minority already marginalized by Hindu nationalists with support from the BJP government.
India’s dark turn from model of religious pluralism to cautionary tale
By Khyati Y. Joshi — June 10, 2022
(RNS) — We need to see ourselves in India’s religious minorities.
Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam
By Sheikh Saaliq — June 7, 2022
NEW DELHI (AP) — The controversial remarks follow increasing violence targeting India’s Muslim minority carried out by Hindu nationalists.
In India, Hindu nationalists embolden challenges to atheism
By Varsha Torgalkar — May 17, 2022
PUNE, India (RNS) — Organizations that support and promote atheism in India are being attacked by Hindutva activists.
Muslim properties razed in New Delhi after communal violence
By Sheikh Saaliq — April 20, 2022
(AP) — Officials say they are targeting illegal buildings and not any religious group. But critics argue this is the latest attempt to harass Muslims, who make up 14% of India’s 1.4 billion people.
In India, Muslim hawkers attacked at Hindu temple fairs
By Varsha Torgalkar — April 6, 2022
(RNS) — Experts call it social apartheid to instill mob fear among Muslims.
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