Lord Hanuman Murti vandalised, uprooted, Shivling, Trishul and Nandi murtis broken in a temple in India, Varanasi.

On April 22, 2025, the serene Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir became the site of a brutal terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 26 tourists. Emerging details from official investigations have unveiled a disturbing pattern of religious profiling, shedding light on the attackers’ motives and methods

In yet another manifestation of how Pakistan’s ‘blasphemy’ laws — laws penalising criticism of Islam and its founder — are repeatedly used for persecuting religious minorities, a Hindu man has been found not guilty of blasphemy, after spending five years in jail amid death threats.

In the realm of academia, where the pursuit of knowledge and the exchange of ideas are paramount, instances that blur the line between scholarly discourse and ideological bias warrant a critical examination. The case in point is Dr. Chris Allen, a professor renowned for his proclivity towards Islamist sympathies, whose recent contribution to the London School of Economics’ blog has ignited a fervent debate concerning objectivity, veracity, and the boundaries of responsible scholarship.