Islamophobia in India

IQNA

IQNA – A decision by the Indian government to declare a leading Islamic seminary in Kashmir illegal under anti-terror statutes has ignited protests from clerics and politicians, who accuse New Delhi of escalating its crackdown on the region’s religious and cultural institutions.
News ID: 3497270    Publish Date : 2026/04/29

IQNA – In a move that is likely to reignite debate over religious land rights in India’s most populous state, authorities in Uttar Pradesh have annulled the registration of over 12,000 waqf properties—ranging from mosques to burial grounds—following an audit linked to a digitization project.
News ID: 3497233    Publish Date : 2026/04/26

IQNA – In a state already tense ahead of its assembly polls, the Election Commission of India has published voter rolls missing millions of names — and Muslim-majority districts appear hardest hit.
News ID: 3497113    Publish Date : 2026/04/16

IQNA – The hardline Hindu nationalist Chief Minister of India’s Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, sparked widespread outrage after declaring in an Assam rally that the Indian government’s goal is to expel Muslims from Assam entirely, marking a dramatic escalation in anti-minority rhetoric.
News ID: 3496996    Publish Date : 2026/04/06

IQNA – Officials in Lucknow, India, demolished a mosque reportedly built on what is called “government land”.
News ID: 3496952    Publish Date : 2026/04/02

IQNA – In a latest Islamophobic incident in India, a mosque in the southern state of Telangana was vandalized and copies of Quran were desecrated.
News ID: 3496448    Publish Date : 2026/02/17

IQNA – A political firestorm has erupted in India after an AI-generated video—depicting Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma firing a gun at an image of Muslims—was shared by his own party's social media in the state, leading to widespread condemnation and calls for action.
News ID: 3496373    Publish Date : 2026/02/10

IQNA – Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district have suspended a Muslim teacher and a school headmistress after Hindu nationalist groups protested the display of a Quranic verse inside a government primary school.
News ID: 3496337    Publish Date : 2026/02/08

IQNA – A leading Muslim advocacy body accused India’s ruling BJP of institutionalizing anti-Muslim rhetoric.
News ID: 3496254    Publish Date : 2026/01/31

IQNA – Police used force to disperse protesters in Delhi during a municipal demolition drive in the congested Walled City.
News ID: 3495996    Publish Date : 2026/01/07

IQNA – The prolonged detention of students and rights activists without a trial has become emblematic of the institutional persecution of Muslims in India rights advocates say.
News ID: 3495990    Publish Date : 2026/01/06

IQNA – Two Muslim student activists who have been detained for years without trial are not going to be released on bail.
News ID: 3495976    Publish Date : 2026/01/05

IQNA – The demolition of a mosque and madrasa in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state marks the latest in a series of such actions in Sambhal district, an area that has seen heightened sectarian strife since a dispute over a different mosque sparked violence 14 months ago.
News ID: 3495972    Publish Date : 2026/01/05

IQNA – Tied to an electric pole in a public spectacle, a Muslim man in Bihar, India, was beaten by a group of men who accused him of carrying beef, highlighting the persistent threat of mob violence in the name of protecting cows.
News ID: 3495900    Publish Date : 2025/12/30

IQNA – From online vilification to physical mob violence and discriminatory policies, 2025 cemented a troubling reality for India's Muslim minority.
News ID: 3495871    Publish Date : 2025/12/28

IQNA – A protest banner unveiled during Jadavpur University's convocation in Kolkata, India, has brought allegations of Islamophobia to the fore, specifically claims that Muslim students were asked to remove their hijabs during examinations.
News ID: 3495857    Publish Date : 2025/12/26

IQNA – A video depicting a senior Indian politician forcibly removing a Muslim woman’s hijab has triggered widespread condemnation, placing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the heart of a major controversy.  
News ID: 3495775    Publish Date : 2025/12/17

IQNA – A large-scale eviction drive against more than 1,500 Bengali-speaking Muslim families has been launched by officials in the Indian state of Assam.
News ID: 3495580    Publish Date : 2025/12/01

IQNA – A series of police raids targeting mosques, homes, and businesses in a Muslim-majority district of Haryana has ignited tension, with residents saying they are being unfairly targeted after a car blast in Delhi.  
News ID: 3495521    Publish Date : 2025/11/25

IQNA – Politician Ashok Singhal is at the center of a firestorm for a social media post that employed "gobi," a term synonymous with the 1983 Bhagalpur riots, to taunt opponents following a successful election result.
News ID: 3495449    Publish Date : 2025/11/18