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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMeanwhile, tensions have escalated in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, over the \u201cI Love Muhammad\u201d campaign. Maktoob Media reported that local authorities have used bulldozer teams to demolish or seal properties linked to cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan\u2019s aides. One demolition targeted an e-rickshaw charging station owned by his son-in-law, while a resort belonging to another associate was sealed. Officials also announced plans to confiscate or demolish properties worth up to \u20b9150 crore tied to Khan\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crackdown included the arrest of Mohsin Raza, Khan\u2019s son-in-law, whose residence was searched as part of the action. Authorities defended the measures as law enforcement, but critics denounced them as a form of collective punishment against Muslims. According to Maktoob Media, community members accused the government of weaponizing administrative powers to intimidate minority groups, rather than pursuing justice through fair legal channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taken together, the APCR findings reported by Muslim Mirror and the developments covered by Maktoob Media point to a dual crisis: rising communal violence on the ground and aggressive state crackdowns that disproportionately target Muslim communities. Civil society groups warn that these combined pressures could deepen religious polarization in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
India is witnessing a troubling surge in religiously motivated hate crimes and punitive state actions, according to a recent civil society report and local media accounts. The Association for People\u2019s Culture & Rights (APCR), cited by Muslim Mirror, documented 141 hate crimes targeting Muslims and Christians between June and August 2025. The report also highlighted …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":134759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329","service":"facebook","timestamp":1759392706,"status":"error"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":""},"categories":[2929],"tags":[15049,15092,10821,15093],"class_list":["post-134758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","tag-i-love-muhammad-campaign","tag-bulldozer-crackdown","tag-rising-hate-crimes","tag-targeting-of-religious-minorities"],"yoast_head":"\n