Hindu activists protest outside a mosque in Amritsar in July 2017, following an attack on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim-majority state. Picture: AFP
Hindu activists protest outside a mosque in Amritsar in July 2017, following an attack on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim-majority state. Picture: AFP
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Facebook users in India target Hindu-Muslim couples, promote extremism and hate speech

A fear of ‘love jihad’ – that Muslim men seduce Hindu women to convert them – is fomenting on social-media platforms, with activists using them to incite violence and spread anti-Muslim sentiment

Hindu activists protest outside a mosque in Amritsar in July 2017, following an attack on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim-majority state. Picture: AFP
Hindu activists protest outside a mosque in Amritsar in July 2017, following an attack on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim-majority state. Picture: AFP
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