Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, India’s Minister for Minority Affairs and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), recently claimed that the majority of mob lynchings reported in India were “concocted and fake.” Religious minority leaders were quick to condemn this claim, accusing the Minister of hiding the truth behind growing religious violence. Religious intolerance and … Continue reading India: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attacked over denial of lynchings