Citizens for Justice and Peace
Imam arrested for his Navratri comment
24-Sep-2014
Sufi Imam Mehndi Hussain, of the Narendra Modiskullcap controversy fame of 2011, was arrested on Tuesday by Kheda police for his comment on Navratri last week. He had likened the festival with revelry of rakshasas (demons). Several Hindu organizations including Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had denounced his remarks, staged protests against the imam and demanded…
RSS rewrites history: Dalits ‘created’ by Muslim invaders
22-Sep-2014
First Published: 00:47 IST(22/9/2014) | Last Updated: 08:45 IST(22/9/2014) In its renewed impetus to woo Dalits, various other castes and sub-castes, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has embarked on an ambitious exercise to re-write history. Emboldened by the BJP’s success in the Lok Sabha elections, the RSS has intensified its efforts to find and validate…
MLA seeks ban on entry of non-Hindus in ‘garba’ pandals
10-Sep-2014
Amid a raging debate over ‘love jihad’, a Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA has asked organisers of forthcoming Navratri festival to disallow entry of non-Hindu youths in pandals where ‘garba’ or devotional dance is performed in the praise of goddess Durga. Madhya Pradesh BJP vice-president and MLA from Indore (3) seat Usha Thakur told reporters on…
Sadhvi Prachi booked for hate speech against Mulayam Singh Yadav
10-Sep-2014
Written by Mohd Faisal Fareed | Lucknow | Posted: September 12, 2014 10:16 am The Moradabad district administration has lodged an FIR against BJP leader Sadhvi Dr Prachi for alleged inflammatory remarks against SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav. She is alleged to have said that if any untoward incident happens with Mulayam’s family members, will…
Hindutva outfit warns TV anchor
06-Sep-2014
A Hindu Janajagruti Samiti delegation met television anchor Nikhil Chinapa on Friday demanding that he stop the “vulgar presentation” of the reality show MTV Splitsvilla on MTV India and preserve Indian culture, Ramesh Shinde, spokesperson of the rightwing outfit, said. Mr. Chinapa told the delegation to raise their demands with the producer of the show.…
Teachers’ Day function begins with RSS anthem
06-Sep-2014
Written by Ritu Sharma | Gandhinagar | September 6, 2014 9:50 am The Teachers’ Day celebrations in the state started at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar Friday morning with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) anthem “manushya tu bada mahaan hai, bhool mat”. The song that was sung by a group of students near the stage…
Sangh re-converts Dalit Muslim converts
05-Sep-2014
Written by Milind Ghatwai | Shivpuri | September 5, 2014 2:08 am A day after they were arrested for converting to Islam, four Dalits were “re-converted” to Hinduism by VHP and Bajrang Dal activists in a ceremony at the Hanuman Temple here on Thursday. Calling it “Ghar Vapasi”, the Hindu organisations also brought in over…
Two booked for converting to Islam without nod in MP
01-Sep-2014
Written by Milind Ghatwai | Bhopal | September 1, 2014 9:51 am Dalit youths claim they have returned to Hinduism. Shivpuri police have booked two Dalit youths for allegedly converting to Islam without seeking permission from the district authorities as mandated by the state’s anti-conversion legislation, but are unsure about the next course of action…
Aligarh tense after girl goes missing
01-Sep-2014
TNN Tension prevails in the city’s Bhojpura locality since Saturday night after police picked up some local youths belonging to a particular community for interrogation following the disappearance of a college student. While some see it as a case of “love jihad“ or elopement others think it is an instance of abduction. This has divided…
Hindu activist defends reconversation of 72 Valmikis
28-Aug-2014
Aligarh:A church with a cross in it that belonged to the 7th Day Adventists overnight turned into a temple adorned with a portrait of Shiva after what some Hindu groups in Aligarh termed the “successful ghar wapasi“ (reconversion) of 72 Valmikis who had become Christians in 1995. There was an elaborate shuddhi karan (puri fication)…