India Witnessed Alarming Spike in Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in 2023: Research
News - Middle East: Instances of anti-Muslim hate speech more than doubled across India last year, research has shown, amid accusations of Islamophobic tendencies against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
India Hate Lab, a Washington-based research group, revealed the information in a report on Monday.
The group said it had documented 668 hate speech incidents targeting Muslims across the country in 2023.
As many as 255 of the incidents occurred in the first half of the year, while 413 took place in the last six months, it revealed.
Compared together, the figures reflected a 62 percent increase in the incidents.
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