Anti-Muslim hate speech surges in India led by Modi: Report
DE Online Desk: Hate speech in India targeting the country’s religious minorities saw a “staggering” surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said yesterday. The alarming rise was “deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the broader Hindu nationalist movement,” the India Hate Lab (IHL) said in a report. During India’s bitterly contested national vote last year, critics and rights groups accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP of ramping up rhetoric
