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Topic: Islamophobia

When Hindu Ola driver boasted about attacking Muslims to lawyer Saif Mahmood

‘He proudly narrated an incident in which he claimed to have beaten up a Muslim passenger because he was eating non-vegetarian food in his vehicle,' passenger Saif Mahmood said.

Big tech looks away as AI Islamophobia explodes, Muslim women’s sexualised images dominate hate content

Of 187 AI‑hate posts flagged across X, Facebook, and Instagram, none were removed, despite nearly 2.73cr engagements, showing platforms have failed to curb the trend.

Anti-immigration poster boy with a rap sheet—who is Tommy Robinson, face of Unite the Kingdom rally

Less than a week before the rally, Tommy Robinson said in an interview that Islam is ‘terrorising the country’ and warned ‘the future vote bank is the Muslim community’.

Some fashionable words make no sense. Let’s start with ‘activist’

I find so many fashionable words of today quite inexplicable.

India calls out ‘fanatical mindset’ after Pakistan ex-diplomat refers to Kashmir as ‘occupied’ at UN meet

On International Day to Combat Islamophobia, India & Pakistan spar on religious discrimination, bigotry and attacks at an informal meeting of the UN General Assembly.

Kerala Muslim groups are auditing others on Islamophobia. It isn’t helping

The Jamaat-e-Islami and other outfits that campaign against the stoking of Islamophobia in Kerala must first look within before conveniently laying the blame on others.

Islamophobia, racism led Indian author toward Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb. Modern School helped too

At the launch of ‘A Drop in the Ocean’, Syeda Hameed described her memoir as a 'chronicle of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, the ethos of new India’.

Hindu nationalism has taken first steps toward establishing a Jim Crow system

The Jim Crow project was not eliminationist. Hindu nationalists likewise seek not the physical elimination of Muslims, but rather their relegation to second-class citizenship, scholars Ashutosh Varshney and Connor Staggs write in the Journal of Democracy.

Obama calls on Israel to limit civilian casualties in Gaza — ‘ignoring human cost could backfire’

Former US president Barack Obama urges Tel Aviv to learn from US’ mistakes after 9/11 and warns that its actions could erode global support and undermine peace efforts.

Conclave on NLIU Bhopal campus stokes row with ‘Islamophobic’ talk. V-C says ‘don’t endorse views’

The event — which was held 30 September-1 October & was inaugurated by Union minister Bhupender Yadav — was organised by organisation called Youth Thinkers Forum.

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Hormuz crisis won’t replace the dollar with yuan. De-dollarisation is a myth

Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.