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Munawar Faruqui announces retirement after right-wing Hindu groups force cancellation of nearly 12 shows in two months.

Comedian Munawar Faruqui was arrested earlier this year in January after a BJP MLA's son lodged a complaint against him over a comedy show in Indore.

Insults To Religion Without Deliberate Intention Not Offence Under Section 295A IPC: Tripura HC The court noted that the section penalises only those acts of insults or attempts which have been perpetrated with the "deliberate and malicious intention" of outraging the religious feelings of a particular class. Tripura High Court. Photo: thc.nic.in Rights08/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The Tripura high court (HC) has held that insults to religion made without any deliberate or malicious intention to outra...

Updated Feb 27, 2021 · 07:17 am File photo of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. | PTI The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Nalin Yadav and Sadakat Khan, who were arrested with comedian Munawar Faruqui, in relation to a case registered against them by the Indore Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, Bar and Bench reported. Justice Rohit Arya passed the order in light of the Supreme Court judgement on February...

The Updated List of Indias Anti-Nationals (According to the Modi Government) Anyone pointing out the Centre’s shortfalls – farmers, lawyers, journalists, comedians, activists, students – is branded not anti-government but anti-national. Demonstrators shout slogans behind police barricades during a protest demanding the release of social activists who, according to them, were arrested by the police for supporting farmers protest against farm laws, in New Delhi, India, February 15,...

US Lawyers Write to President Biden on Farmers Protests, Modi Govts Repressive Tactics Your administration comes to office at a time when minority communities across India are in peril, notes the letter, urging the US President to act. U.S. President Joe Biden addresses National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff during a visit to NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., February 11, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria World15/Feb/2021 New Delhi: More than 40 lawyers of south Asian descent have written an...

Five Men Arrested For One Complaint. All Denied Bail. BJP Opposition And Its ‘Godi Media’ Spoke Up Only For The Muslim Man by Swati Goel Sharma - Feb 12, 2021 10:44 AM Munawar Faruqui (Twitter). Snapshot Most of the criticism has referred to Faruqui’s Muslim identity to say he has been victimised for his religion. This is in line with their propaganda of Muslims being ‘persecuted’ under the ‘Hindu nationalist’ BJP government. A case of alleged blasphemy rece...

Artists, comics call for withdrawal of charges against Munawar Faruqui Updated: Updated: The arrest of Mr. Faruqui “even before he cracked a joke” was astounding and outrageous. Share Article The arrest of Mr. Faruqui “even before he cracked a joke” was astounding and outrageous. An international group of artists, comedians, writers and activists on Friday called for the charges against comedian Munawar Faruqui to be dropped. They stated that the recent case against him had implicati...

Anubhooti Gupta As 2021 dawned, stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was arrested from a club in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, for “mocking the deities of another religion” and no one uttered a word about intolerance. Faruqui was arrested by the Indore police after a complaint from Eklavya Goud, chief of Hindu Rakshak Sangathan and secretary of the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the son of BJP MLA Malini Gaud. Faruqui remained in jai...

Days after he walked out of Indore jail after being behind the bars for over a month, standup comic Munawar Faruqui on late Tuesday night shared on his