Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

A Hindu soldier and a Muslim poet show how religious identities overlapped in 19th-century India

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par Aishwarya Lakshmi, Executive Director, Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University

The growing assertion of a majority Hindu identity is fueling debates about religious pluralism in India. A 2025 Washington-based research group report documented a steady, incremental increase in hate speech since 2023 targeting religious minorities in India, while Human Rights Watch reported a rise in religious and communal violence in 2024. Much of this rhetoric and violence has been justified as defending…

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