06-Jan-2022
What should have served as a wake up call to all, just faded into the background like nothing had happened. In the past few weeks, the barrage of hateful attacks on the minority communities in this country is something that we have never seen before. Yet the majority, largely chose to remain silent. When only…
28-Dec-2021
The videos of Uttarakhand’s ‘Dharam Sansad” or “Religious Parliament” came as a rude shock to the majority of people. The event that was held in Haridwar between December 17-19 saw so-called religious leaders, espousing a hard, right-wing, exclusionist ideology and activists of the same ilk, along with hardline fundamentalist speakers and delivering incendiary speeches that…
28-Dec-2021
The year 2021 saw CJP step up its campaign against hate and bigotry. We approached several authorities against incidents of targeted violence against minorities, incendiary statements made by public figures against women and minorities as well as inflammatory speeches. CJP’s complaints have invoked action from the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) as well as the…
15-Nov-2021
Wasim Rizvi, the former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board, is in the news once again for his deeply communal and Islamophobic diatribe, this time published in his book titled Muhammad, purportedly on the life of the Prophet Mohammed, one of the most revered figures in Islam. One could have gauged the contents…
12-Nov-2021
CJP has once again approached the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) against followers of Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of Dasna Devi temple. Narsinghanand is notorious for making hateful speeches against women and members of minority communities. A few days ago, two of his followers, Suresh Rajput and Rahul Sharma, had during a live session on Facebook made…
07-Sep-2021
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has responded to CJP’s complaint against Vikas Sehrawat alias ‘Malik Bhai’, and written to Meerut’s Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) requesting a detailed report within 15 days. Our key prayer to take cognisance of our complaint under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, was accepted by the…
13-Aug-2021
Just days before India celebrates Independence day, a 45-year-old Muslim man was brutally assaulted in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. According to news reports, the victim was assaulted even as he was paraded through the street. His attackers kept telling him to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. The most distressing element of the footage that soon went viral on…