List of hate crimes against Muslims in India reported in August

Hyderabad : The month of August witnessed a number of anti-Muslim hate crimes in India, particularly in the Hindi belt. While the basis for any form of hate crime is unjustified, the arguments put forth by the perpetrators of the crime are worthy of notice.
The crimes were perpetrated by members of right-wing Hindutva groups, devotees of Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, and in some cases even saw the presence and vociferous support from political leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The reasons given by the perpetrators of the crime vary from an inane desire to protect Hindu women, to an unfound fear of Muslims taking up jobs “meant for Hindus” which they call “economic jihad”.
A curated list of hate crimes across the month of August is presented below for perusal. It is to be noted that these hate crimes are ones that received some media attention and are in no way an exhaustive account of hate crimes happening across the country.
August 8 : Alongside several BJP leaders in attendance, communal and degrading slogans were raised at a rally at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, some of which included a call for violence against Muslims. The rally organised by former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, demanded the end of “colonial-era laws” and the setting up of a uniform civil code.
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August 11 : Kranti Sena, a right-wing Hindutva organisation went around in Muzzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh and warned local businesses against hiring Muslim men as Mehendi designers for Hindu women.