After facing Islamophobic comments inside India’s parliament, Kunwar Danish Ali speaks about a wider climate of hate.


Hanan Zaffar is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in New Delhi, India. He covers human rights, minorities and environment from the region.
After facing Islamophobic comments inside India’s parliament, Kunwar Danish Ali speaks about a wider climate of hate.

While BJP claims situation is under control and there are no new violence, army and paramilitary still patrol streets.

Activists and family members of those in jail for 2020 violence say ‘draconian’ UAPA is being misused to deny them bail.

Leader of India’s main opposition party concludes cross-country ‘unity’ march in Kashmir.

Plan to hire soldiers on four-year contracts sparks violent protests, with thousands of young men demanding a rollback.

Rights activists say Imam is being punished for opposing a controversial citizenship law pushed by the ruling BJP party.

Six accused, including ex-BJP spokesman, in police custody over a controversial event held in the heart of New Delhi.
![Indian security personnel stand guard near Jantar Mantar observatory in New Delhi [File: EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/h_53864948.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Visa services say ‘unprecedented surge’ in people looking to immigrate to nations with better living conditions.
![Many Indian students are also deciding to pursue higher studies abroad, seeing it as an easier way to migrate [Shaheen Abdulla/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Stock-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Thousands of farmers continue to camp at highways leading to New Delhi as deadlock with Modi’s government continues.
![Farmers raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi while burning his effigy, on the outskirts of New Delhi [Hasan Akram/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/p2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Muslims from several nations underwent trials for ‘spreading the virus’ and were vilified by the BJP and Indian media.
![From left to right: Abdullah Ramadan from Tanzania, Rizky Rendhana from Indonesia, Mohammed Faisal from Myanmar, and Salam Maso-Sod from Thailand, who went on trial and were acquitted by Indian courts, pose for a photo in New Delhi [Shaheen Abdulla/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2-1-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)