A dated, sourced record — 1 to 30 September 2026
Key patterns this month
- At least three Muslims killed in incidents with an alleged identity or vigilante motive — Jalilur Rahman (Tripura, 2 Sep), Naushad Ahmed (Bijnor, 16 Sep) and Saikun Khan (Alwar, 24 Sep).
- Mosques under sustained pressure: demolitions in Saharanpur (5 Sep), Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh (22–23 Sep) and Ujjain (26–30 Sep), plus notices, utility cuts and an attack in Bhatkal.
- Garba/Navratri exclusion campaign ahead of the festival: VHP’s Aadhaar-and-tilak diktat, backed by a Maharashtra minister and a BJP MLA’s sexualised threat against Muslim women.
- Beef and ‘love jihad’ accusations continue to be used to justify violence (Lucknow, Prayagraj, Bijnor, Meerut).
- Muslim professionals and journalists targeted: a vice-principal forced out, an IPS officer transferred, women journalists beaten, and FIRs against reporters and Maktoob Media.
- Voter-roll revision (SIR): repeated reports of bulk Form-7 deletion bids against Muslims in Jharkhand, Karnataka and Hyderabad.
Scope & method
Only incidents that occurred between 1 and 30 September 2026 are included. Where the exact day is not in the reporting, the entry is marked “~” or “(report)” with the publication date. Sources reviewed: Maktoob Media (the full India section for September, page by page), The Wire, The Observer Post, Clarion India, Alt News, Siasat, Muslim Mirror, Madhyamam and others, cross-checked against the IAMC weekly India Human Rights Monitor (4, 10, 18 and 25 Sep). Each entry links to at least one report. Claims are attributed as reported; where police dispute a communal motive, this is noted.
Limitations. Mohammed Zubair’s X account (@zoo_bear) could not be accessed from this environment, so video-only incidents posted there and not picked up by news outlets may be missing. The Indian Express, The Telegraph and The Hindu could not be browsed systematically; their September reporting was not found to add distinct incidents beyond those listed. Some outlets (Clarion India, The Observer Post) blocked direct reading, so their reports are cited from verified headlines and corroborating outlets. This is a documented record, not an exhaustive count.
Deliberately excluded (outside September): Bajrang Dal attack on the Malala/Anne Frank reading in Ahmedabad (Aug); Murshidabad father and three sons pushed into Bangladesh (13–14 Aug); Sahida Fakir’s deportation (earlier); APCR’s Kanwar Yatra hate log (July–Aug); blocked Muslim funeral in Darbhanga (1 Oct); and a Hathras double murder with no communal motive alleged (28 Sep).
1. Killings, mob violence & physical assaults
Lynchings, murders, mob and police violence against Muslims.
Date: 2 Sep
Location: Babger village, Kalyanpur PS, Khowai, Tripura
Incident: Lynching. Muslim cattle trader Jalilur Rahman beaten to death by residents who branded him a “cattle thief” while he collected two cattle he had bought; relatives who came to help were also assaulted. FIR registered.
Sources: Maktoob, Siasat, Muslim Mirror
Date: 3 Sep
Location: Saket PS, New Delhi
Incident: Police assault on Muslim women journalists. Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan (4PM News Network) detained after trying to question CM Rekha Gupta; say they were slapped and beaten with lathis, and that the beating intensified once police learnt they were Muslim.
Sources: The Wire, Siasat, Maktoob
Date: 5 Sep
Location: Mawana, Meerut, UP
Incident: Police ‘encounter’. Bilal, accused of preparing to slaughter a cow, shot in the left leg by UP Police near Ataura Road canal and arrested.
Sources: Siasat, Observer Post
Date: 6 Sep
Location: Libaspur / Samaypur Badli, North Delhi
Incident: Custodial assault. E-rickshaw driver Mohd Sameer caught a man stealing his vehicle and took him to police; alleges officers beat him instead (fractured finger) and refused his complaint.
Sources: Maktoob, Madhyamam
Date: 9–12 Sep
Location: Loni, Ghaziabad, UP
Incident: Mob intimidation. A mob of ~100 led by Rajesh Som (relative of BJP councillor Sunita Som) repeatedly stormed the Muslim-run Farha Memorial Skill Centre (free training for women), falsely calling it a “madrasa” and threatening closure.
Sources: The Wire
Date: 16 Sep
Location: Purushottampur, Bijnor, UP
Incident: Murder. Govt primary-school teacher Naushad Ahmed (43) shot dead near his school. Accused Gaurav Chaudhary surrendered with a pistol, claiming Ahmed “promoted love jihad” (police also probing a prior market dispute).
Sources: Maktoob, Muslim Mirror, Madhyamam
Date: 16 Sep
Location: Jamdua, Karari PS, Kaushambi, UP
Incident: Assault & robbery. Buffalo trader Afshar Ali pushed off his motorcycle, beaten and ordered to “repent”; robbed of Rs 4,500. Case registered.
Sources: Muslim Mirror
Date: 18 Sep
Location: Mumbai–UP train, near Kalyan, Maharashtra
Incident: Assault on train. Muslim youth beaten, shirt torn, chain snatched and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”; alleges railway police refused to register his complaint.
Sources: Siasat
Date: 19–20 Sep
Location: Phulpur, Prayagraj, UP
Incident: Vigilante campaign. VHP–Bajrang Dal workers created a ruckus at meat shops alleging beef sales, then held a sit-in at the police station demanding arrest of 12 licensed Muslim meat sellers. Police registered cases and promised arrests within 24 hours.
Sources: Maktoob, Madhyamam
Date: 20 Sep
Location: Mohana, Itaunja PS, Lucknow, UP
Incident: Beef-suspicion assault. Biryani seller Rizwan (40) beaten with belts and kicked by Rana Yadav, Shanu and Suraj, who threatened to kill him; head and facial injuries. FIR incl. attempt to culpable homicide; no arrests at time of reporting.
Sources: Siasat, The Quint, Maktoob
Date: 21 Sep
Location: Badi Kali Mandir, Chowk, Lucknow, UP
Incident: Mob attack on child, home and mosque. 12-year-old Abdullah struck on the head with an iron bangle at a jagran after refusing to fetch cigarettes and chant “Jai Shri Ram”; a crowd of 200–250 then pelted stones at his house and a nearby mosque. Uncle Mohd Sufiyan needed 8 stitches. FIR against 6 named and ~200 unidentified. (Reported 27 Sep.)
Sources: Maktoob, Siasat, Observer Post, Muslim Mirror
Date: 24 Sep
Location: Outside Baroda Mev PS, Alwar, Rajasthan
Incident: Killing. Saikun (Sekun) Khan killed, head crushed with a stone, at the police-station gate. Family says he was targeted for his beard and skullcap and that police did not intervene. Accused Harsh Moortikar held; police deny a communal motive.
Sources: The Wire, Madhyamam, Muslim Mirror
Date: 29 Sep
Location: Sagarika High School, Saroornagar, Hyderabad
Incident: Intimidation of teacher. BJP corporator Akula Srivani confronted a Muslim teacher over bindi/tilak rules and challenged her hijab (“Who gave permission for that?”). Booked for communal incitement and intimidation.
Sources: South First, Siasat, Maktoob
2. Mosques, madrasas & religious sites
Date: 5 Sep
Location: Collectorate complex, Saharanpur, UP
Incident: Mosque demolished at 5 am. ~150-year-old waqf-registered mosque razed after a Bajrang Dal complaint, days after a local court called it “illegal”, leaving no time to appeal. Kairana SP MP Iqra Hasan placed under house arrest.
Sources: The Week, Maktoob, The Wire
Date: ~5–6 Sep
Location: Dehradun & Haldwani, Uttarakhand
Incident: Madrasa sealing. Five more madrasas sealed (incl. Jamia-Tus-Salam Al-Islamia, Azad Colony), taking closures to 20 after abolition of the Madrasa Board.
Sources: Maktoob, Muslim Mirror
Date: ~7–8 Sep
Location: Delhi Road, Moradabad, UP
Incident: Mosque targeted. Moradabad Development Authority served notice on the decades-old Mustafa Mosque demanding map approval and land papers after a complaint; on 28 Sep authorities told the Allahabad HC it would not be razed without a formal order.
Sources: Observer Post, Maktoob
Date: 14 Sep
Location: West Bengal
Incident: Mass madrasa closure. State government ordered closure of 252 madrasas and issued show-cause notices to 100 more.
Sources: Maktoob
Date: 17 Sep
Location: Gulmi Railway Station Rd, Bhatkal, Karnataka
Incident: Attack on mosque & madrasa. Stones thrown at Ismail Sunni Jamia Mosque and Tajus-Sunna Arabic Madrasa during a Ganesh immersion procession; windowpanes broken. Police examining CCTV.
Sources: Maktoob
Date: 17 Sep
Location: Mumbai Airport, Maharashtra
Incident: ‘Land jihad’ action. BMC asked airport authorities to “immediately disconnect” the water supply to the airport mosque after BJP’s Kirit Somaiya alleged “land jihad”.
Sources: Siasat, Maktoob, Observer Post, Clarion India
Date: Night of 22–23 Sep
Location: Haiderpur, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi
Incident: Midnight demolition. Parts of ~30-year-old Madina Masjid and adjoining homes bulldozed for road-widening under heavy police and paramilitary deployment; committee says the matter was pending in court and no orders were shown.
Sources: Maktoob, ETV Bharat
Date: 26–30 Sep
Location: Shahi Masjid, Ujjain, MP
Incident: Historic mosque partially demolished for 2028 Simhastha road-widening. Muslims held night-long vigils inside the mosque; say administration forced them to remove parts themselves to avert bulldozers. On 28 Sep police used tear gas and batons. Minaret pulled down; dome and first floor damaged (admin blamed “machinery”). 14–20 Muslims arrested, ~30 booked.
Sources: Maktoob 1, Maktoob 2, Maktoob 3, Siasat, Al Jazeera
Date: 29 Sep
Location: Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
Incident: Protesters detained. Muslim MPs and community leaders detained by Delhi Police while protesting attacks on mosques and the SIR voter-roll revision.
Sources: Maktoob, Muslim Mirror
3. Hate speech & calls for exclusion
Date: 3 Sep
Location: Madhya Pradesh
Incident: Impunity for hate speech. MP government refused sanction to prosecute minister Kunwar Vijay Shah over his hate speech against Col. Sofiya Qureshi.
Sources: Maktoob
Date: 5 Sep
Location: Maharashtra
Incident: Exclusion call. VHP spokesperson Shriraj Nair directed Navratri garba/dandiya organisers to bar Muslims, using Aadhaar checks and tilak at entry.
Sources: Madhyamam, Maktoob, Outlook
Date: 6 Sep
Location: Karond, Bhopal, MP
Incident: Threat of violence. BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma (Huzur) at a Matki Phod event: a missile fired from Karond Square “should land in Qazi Camp”, a Muslim-majority locality (later claimed he meant Islamabad).
Sources: Maktoob, Madhyamam, Free Press Journal
Date: 8 Sep
Location: Maharashtra
Incident: Minister backs ban. Minister Nitesh Rane endorsed the VHP call, citing “love jihad”; said garba-goers should show ID and recite the Hanuman Chalisa before entry.
Sources: The Week, Deccan Herald
Date: ~15–16 Sep
Location: West Bengal
Incident: Communal electoral threat. CM Suvendu Adhikari told minority voters the 6 Oct Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls were a “test” of whether they wanted to “stay with the government”.
Sources: India TV, Alt News
Date: 17 Sep
Location: National
Incident: Religious leader endorses exclusion. Bageshwar Dham’s Dhirendra Shastri backed restricting Muslims from garba events.
Sources: Lokshahi, Observer Post
Date: 21 Sep
Location: Bhopal, MP
Incident: Sexualised threat against Muslim women. Rameshwar Sharma on Muslims attending garba: “Bring your sisters and daughters from home as well … our boys are also ready”. Repeated it next day; no action reported.
Sources: Siasat, Alt News, Maktoob, Observer Post
4. Institutional discrimination & targeting
Date: 1 Sep
Location: West Bengal
Incident: Exclusion of Muslim officers. TMC MP Mahua Moitra alleged Muslim IAS/IPS officers were kept away from Home Minister Amit Shah’s events in Bengal; state top brass silent. She wrote to the UN on 17 Sep.
Sources: Maktoob, The Wire, Observer Post
Date: 3 Sep
Location: Majhola PS, Moradabad, UP
Incident: FIR for namaz. FIR against SP leader Haji Mohammad Usman for offering namaz beside his parked car at the Circuit House, for allegedly “obstructing” the path.
Sources: ThePrint, Maktoob
Date: ~7 Sep
Location: Kerala
Incident: Critic of Islamophobia booked. Police booked Wisdom Islamic Organisation leader Abdulla Basil CP on a complaint by Big TV editor Aparna Kurup, after he criticised her allegedly Islamophobic on-air remarks.
Sources: South First, Observer Post
Date: ~8–9 Sep
Location: Saharanpur, UP
Incident: Journalist arrested. UP Police arrested journalist Huda Zariwala under preventive breach-of-peace provisions after she questioned the Saharanpur mosque demolition and criticised CM Yogi Adityanath.
Sources: Maktoob
Date: 11 Sep
Location: Surendranath College, Kolkata
Incident: Forced resignation & ‘purification’. ABVP-linked students forced Muslim vice-principal Mohammadi Tarannum to resign, then “purified” her office with incense and Ganga jal.
Sources: The Wire, Siasat, Maktoob, Observer Post
Date: 14 Sep
Location: Kharagpur, West Bengal
Incident: Officer transferred for Islamic greetings. IPS officer Bushra Bano moved from Addl SP Kharagpur to the State Armed Police a day after the right-wing ‘Hindu Legal Fund’ complained about her using “Assalamu Alaikum” and “Inshallah” in a video for students.
Sources: Siasat, Alt News, Maktoob
Date: ~18–19 Sep
Location: Shamli, UP
Incident: Journalists booked. Six people, including a lawyer and Muslim journalists, booked over a post saying the Allahabad HC reprimanded Shamli Police in the Ayush Malik case (a man confined by family after embracing Islam).
Sources: Maktoob
Date: 19 Sep
Location: Bidhannagar Cyber PS, West Bengal
Incident: FIR against Maktoob Media for reporting the alleged exclusion of Muslim officers (promoting enmity, outraging religious feelings); police sought X account data. Press Club of India condemned it.
Sources: Newslaundry, Maktoob
Date: ~18–19 Sep
Location: Gujarat High Court
Incident: Bilkis Bano case. Convict Radheshyam Shah granted 7-day parole citing his family’s “economic condition”.
Sources: LiveLaw, Maktoob
5. Evictions, ‘Bangladeshi’ detentions & disenfranchisement
Date: 2 Sep (report)
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Incident: SIR deletions. 19.4 lakh voters marked for deletion; 40.7% have Muslim names, exceeding 2023 winning margins in all 15 constituencies.
Sources: Maktoob
Date: 3 Sep
Location: Booth 231, Pachrukhi, Godda, Jharkhand
Incident: Bulk deletion bid. BJP booth agent Vinay Kumar Mandal arrested for submitting ~200 Form-7 applications to delete Muslim voters; later bailed.
Sources: Siasat, Maktoob, Scroll
Date: Night of 4 Sep
Location: Sirgiti PS, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Incident: ‘Bangladeshi’ detentions. 23 Murshidabad migrant hawkers (22 Muslim, two reportedly minors) detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshi and moved to a Raipur detention camp; 19 released on 18 Sep.
Sources: Muslim Mirror, The Quint, Maktoob
Date: 7 Sep
Location: Matia circle, Krishnai, Goalpara, Assam
Incident: Eviction. 73 houses of Bengali-origin Muslims demolished across five villages on one day’s notice; residents say they held land documents. Gauhati HC later questioned legality.
Sources: Northeast News, Observer Post, Maktoob
Date: ~15–16 Sep
Location: Agatti island, Lakshadweep
Incident: ‘Bulldozer raj’. Under-construction buildings demolished before owners’ response deadline in the Muslim-majority territory; protesting political leaders detained.
Sources: Maktoob
Date: ~16 Sep
Location: Karyani Talab, Narwal, Jammu
Incident: Rohingya eviction. ~500 Rohingya families in 80–90 huts given three days to vacate; families began dismantling homes.
Sources: ThePrint, Maktoob
Date: 20 Sep
Location: Dhubri, Assam
Incident: Project on evicted land. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation of Adani’s 3,200 MW plant on land cleared by evicting ~1,400 Bengali-origin Muslim families (July 2025).
Sources: Scroll, Maktoob
Date: 22 Sep (report)
Location: Delhi
Incident: SIR exclusions. Report finds the steepest draft-roll exclusions in Muslim-concentrated, SC-reserved and migrant-heavy areas.
Sources: Maktoob
Date: 26 Sep (report)
Location: Karnataka
Incident: Form-7 targeting. Actor Prakash Raj alleged a bid to delete ~21,000 Muslim voters via bulk Form-7 objections; BLOs in Belagavi reported pressure.
Sources: Maktoob, Muslim Mirror
