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After MP Anantkumar Hegde, BJP Yuva Morcha national president Tejasvi Surya on December 31 objected naming 11 streets of Padarayanapura area after Muslim leaders. In a letter to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Pallike (BBMP) Commissioner, the MP said, "Christening… read-more

The Madhya Pradesh High Court withdrew National Security Act (NSA) charges against four Muslim men, who were booked by the Rajgarh Collector for allegedly 'carrying swords during a Muharram procession'. The HC also ordered the state government to pay Rs.10,000 per each case as legal-charges for improper detention of the accused. Reportedly, the petition by one of the accused’s brother showed that mandatory approval for detention was not… read-more

An Australia-based human rights report has stated that thousands of mosques have been demolished in the Xinjiang province of China. Reportedly, satellite imagery has indicated that around 16,000 mosques have been destroyed in the past three years. Besides, human rights activists claim that over one million Uighurs and other Muslims, especially Turkic-speaking, have been confined in camps across the northwestern territory.

In a move to break the community of Uyghur Muslims, China's Xinjiang province has built a public washroom at a demolished Mosque site. Experts suggest that it is a campaign to hurt the sentiments of the community, as previously two out of three Mosques were destroyed in the same area. "It is a public toilet, they have not opened it yet, but it has been built," said Uyghur Neighborhood Committee Chief.