Topic: Economic boycott
YouTube channel targets Muslim vendors with “food jihad” hate at Telangana festival
Muslim vendors selling kova buns at the Samakka Saralamma Jatara, a major tribal festival in Telangana’s Mulugu district, were confronted and questioned in a...
Indore protest against BJP MLA’s son after call to fire Muslim employees, with Hindu partners joining demonstrations
The hate speech has triggered protests, with Muslim shopkeepers staging demonstrations and opposition parties accusing the BJP leader’s son of openly fueling Islamophobia.
Dalit families barred from Shiv temple in West Bengal village, face economic boycott
In West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, 130 Dalit families have been barred from entering the Gidheshwar Shiv temple, the only place of worship in the locality, believed to be around 200 years old.
Economic Violence: How Hindutva hurt India’s Muslims by targeting livelihoods
Hindutva is inextricably tied to violence. The violent rhetoric espoused by Hindutva against minorities underpins its various manifestations – on the internet, in general...
A year after ‘economic boycott of Muslims’ in Gujarat village, court orders registration of FIR
Exactly a year after anti-Muslim violence broke out in the village, a court in Gujarat's Patan district has ordered the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against certain Balisana villagers for allegedly boycotting Muslims economically, leading to a loss of livelihood.
In Satara, Muslims targeted by Hindu mob, unable to reopen livelihood amid boycott calls by Hindutva groups
Muslims in the violence-hit Pussessawali village of Satara allege that they are being forcibly evicted from rented houses owned by Hindus. Small-scale businesses owned by Muslims are facing adverse impacts.
