Citing ‘Love Jihad’, Garba Organizers in Ujjain Ban Non-Hindus, Check Aadhaar Cards

Citing 'Love Jihad', Garba Organizers in Ujjain Ban Non-Hindus, Check Aadhaar Cards

Organizers of Garba in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, are reportedly checking Aadhaar cards and enforcing Tilak for male attendees. The organizers of Garba in Ujjain have banned the participation of non-Hindus in the event to allegedly “prevent love jihad”, according to a media report. The organizers, Sankalp Sanskriti Sanstha, are checking the Aadhaar cards of the participants and have also enforced that the male attendees would be “welcomed with a Tilak”, The Times of India reported on Wednesday. The latter requirement is seen as a measure to verify that participants are…

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Crackdown in Kashmir: Mirwaiz under house arrest, Friday prayers banned at Srinagar mosque

Crackdown in Kashmir: Mirwaiz under house arrest, Friday prayers banned at Srinagar mosque

Kashmiris have often expressed solidarity with Palestinians and have protested in Srinagar around Jamia Masjid against Israel’s actions in Palestine Authorities in Kashmir did not allow Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar and put its chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house detention, the managing body of the mosque said on Friday. The Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, which manages the grand mosque in Srinagar’s old city, said the police closed the gates of the mosque and informed devotees that the Friday prayers will not be allowed today. “Mirwaiz-i-Kashmir Molvi…

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