Indian Republic Day celebration a facade to cover-up democratic failures, minorities’ persecution: Analysts

ISLAMABAD, Jan 25 (APP): The recent consecration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the unabated persecution of minorities and gross human rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are among the many factors evidencing the Indian Republic Day as mere a facade. Observed on January 6, the Kashmiri leadership and human rights… Continue reading Indian Republic Day celebration a facade to cover-up democratic failures, minorities’ persecution: Analysts

World needs to wake up as Hindutva spillover heads to West: PM

LONDON, Sep 26 (APP): Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Tuesday cautioned the world to wake up as the spillover of Hindutva was spreading beyond its regional boundaries, potentially impacting Western nations such as North America, Canada, and Europe. The prime minister talking to the newsmen, said the “disease” Hindutva was getting out of region. He… Continue reading World needs to wake up as Hindutva spillover heads to West: PM

US-based HR group draws parallel between Hindutva forces to Nazis

Religious persecution of minorities in India - File photo

ISLAMABAD, Jun 9 (APP): A US-based human rights group “Justice for All” has drawn a parallel between the Hindutva ideology and the Niazis, citing the ongoing persecution of the minorities in India. The organization’s report titled “The Nazification of India” compares 12 different mechanisms of hate and persecution from the Nazi playbook, and how they… Continue reading US-based HR group draws parallel between Hindutva forces to Nazis

Muslims angered as Hindu militant priest urges followers to seize Kaaba

ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (APP): In another Islamophobic diatribe, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, a Hindu militant priest, notorious for hate-mongering and misogynist speeches, has once again spit venom against Muslims, now urging his followers to attack Makkah and seize Kaaba. “Hindu Rashtra is a dream, we will not only capture but also Makkah… Mahadev’s Ganga flows in… Continue reading Muslims angered as Hindu militant priest urges followers to seize Kaaba

Authoritarianism, persecution of minorities put India at risk of tearing apart

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): The state-sponsored persecution of minorities and mob violence has put the Narendra Modi’s India of today at the risk of tearing itself apart. The hate crimes and violence against minorities including Muslims, Christians, Dalit and others were on constant surge being provoked by ruling BJP leaders, backed the discriminatory legislation and… Continue reading Authoritarianism, persecution of minorities put India at risk of tearing apart

Hindu nationalist calls for laws to bar Indian Muslims from public offices, stem their population

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP): An Indian Hindu nationalist and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s former aide Pravin Togadia continues to spew venom against the Indian Muslims as he recently called for amendments in the Indian constitution to bar Muslims from holding any public office and for controlling their population. “I will bring in a law… Continue reading Hindu nationalist calls for laws to bar Indian Muslims from public offices, stem their population

Munich echoes with ‘Modi not welcome’ as he arrives for G-7 summit

ISLAMABAD, Jun 27 (APP): As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Munich to attend the G-7 summit, his countrymen held a protest demonstration and chanted ‘Modi not Welcome’ and ‘Go Back Modi’ slogans to denounce his government’s policies of Hindu supremacy. The Indian expatriates living in Germany gathered to protest against their prime minister… Continue reading Munich echoes with ‘Modi not welcome’ as he arrives for G-7 summit

Mishal Malik calls UN for urgent action against ‘inhuman steps in IIOJK’

ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP):Mishal Malik, social activist and wife of jailed Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik on Saturday called upon the international community particularly the United Nations to take urgent actions against ‘inhuman steps’ of Modi-led government in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Talking to a private news channel, she said that extremist Hindutva ideology… Continue reading Mishal Malik calls UN for urgent action against ‘inhuman steps in IIOJK’

Attacks on mosques, businesses a precursor of full-blown Muslim genocide in India

ISLAMABAD, Apr 20 (APP): With the unabated attacks on mosques, houses and businesses run by the Muslims in different Indian states particularly Karnataka, it is strongly believed that the country was fast heading towards a “full-blown genocide.” In a recent Genocide Emergency Alert for India, Prof Gregory H Stanton had said that the country had… Continue reading Attacks on mosques, businesses a precursor of full-blown Muslim genocide in India

20 years after Gujarat Riots: Modi pushes India to brink of Muslim genocide

A Hindu mob faces off with a Muslim mob during Gujarat’s 2002 riots. Photo: AFP

By Ishtiaq Rao ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (APP): Two decades after the Gujarat riots which killed 790 Muslims in 2002, India continues on the deadly path of Muslim genocide under the patronage of Narendra Modi, the flag bearer of Hindu supremacy. The riots were triggered with the burning of a Sabarmati Express train in Godhra on… Continue reading 20 years after Gujarat Riots: Modi pushes India to brink of Muslim genocide

‘India will have to pay for its Hindutva politics’: speaker

'India will have to pay for its Hindutva politics': speaker

ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (APP):If India ever tried to be adventurous inside or outside the country it will only expose its own political and communal faultiness and eventually be devoured from within. Dr. Muhammad Mujeeb Afzal, Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad expressed these views while speaking at a guest lecture… Continue reading ‘India will have to pay for its Hindutva politics’: speaker

India’s push for extremist Hindutva policies worsening situation in South Asia, Pakistan tells UN panel

GENEVA, Jan 25 (APP): Highlighting the “fragile security environment at the global and regional levels,” Pakistan told a key UN panel Tuesday that the situation in South Asia was deteriorating primarily because India’s extremist regime had embarked on massive militarization, among other hostile actions in violation of international law and democratic principles. Speaking in the… Continue reading India’s push for extremist Hindutva policies worsening situation in South Asia, Pakistan tells UN panel

India to celebrate Republic Day amidst Hindutva-caused fears of implosion, dismemberment

ISLAMABAD, Jan 21 (APP): Narendra Modi’s India is going to celebrate Republic Day on January 26, amidst the fears of implosion and dismemberment as BJP’s Hindutva ideology has pervaded all institutions and society tainting the country’s secular outlook and making it the largest violator of human rights. India celebrates Republic Day to celebrate the date… Continue reading India to celebrate Republic Day amidst Hindutva-caused fears of implosion, dismemberment

Disruption of Christmas gatherings shows real face of fascist India: President

ISLAMABAD, Dec 28 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday said that the disruption of Christmas gatherings and burning of the Santa Claus effigy manifested the emerging real face of the fascists Hindutva India. The president was commenting on a news report on the freezing of the bank accounts of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity (MoC)… Continue reading Disruption of Christmas gatherings shows real face of fascist India: President

Indian diplomat summoned to convey concerns over open genocide calls

ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (APP): Indian Charge d’ Affaires on Monday was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey Government of Pakistan’s serious concerns to the Indian government over widely reported open calls by Hindutva proponents for carrying out genocide of Indian Muslims. These violent hate speeches were made during the “Dharma Sansad” held… Continue reading Indian diplomat summoned to convey concerns over open genocide calls

In Modi’s India, minorities face existential threat amidst rise of saffron terror

ISLAMABAD, Oct 25 (APP): With the rise of saffron terror in India – motivated by Hindutva and backed by government’s systematic discriminatory policies – around 260 million population of minorities in the so-called world’s biggest democracy is facing the existential threat. Notorious as “saffron goons”, the baton or sword carrying youths attacking and burning worship… Continue reading In Modi’s India, minorities face existential threat amidst rise of saffron terror

Attacks on mosques, Muslims’ houses in BJP-led Tripura state condemned widely

Mosque in Panisagar in North Tripura district was burnt by Hindu violent mob at 1am on Friday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP): In a fresh spate of anti-Muslim violence in India, at least six mosques and over a dozen houses and shops belonging to Muslims were burnt in BJP-led Tripura state during the last two days. The attacks were reportedly carried out by Hindutva groups RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal across the state… Continue reading Attacks on mosques, Muslims’ houses in BJP-led Tripura state condemned widely

At UN, Pakistan slams Hindutva; demands India allow burial of Geelani’s body in Srinagar’s ‘Cemetery of Martyrs’

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 07 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to UN, Munir Akram, Tuesday called for confronting the fascist ideology of Hindutva, led by the RSS, the parent organization of India’s ruling BJP, that “most pervasively” purveys Xenophobia, violent nationalism and Islamophobia. He was speaking in a High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace, convened by the… Continue reading At UN, Pakistan slams Hindutva; demands India allow burial of Geelani’s body in Srinagar’s ‘Cemetery of Martyrs’

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