These protests are not just a reaction to the farm laws. It is a moment in time when political, social and spiritual forces have converged under unprecedented circumstances.
Faisal Khan and three others were booked after a video of them offering namaz on the premises of the Mathura’s Nand Baba temple surfaced on social media
Last year, the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission had submitted a report to Yogi Adityanath, suggesting a new law to check forcible religious conversions.
India has previously rejected the US religious freedom report, saying it sees no locus standi for a foreign government to pronounce on the state of its citizens' constitutionally protected rights.
India has earlier said that the American body on international religious freedom has chosen to be guided only by its biases on a matter on which it has no locus standi.
Incidents of members of the minority community being cornered and forced to say "Jai Shri Ram" have been reported recently from various parts of the country, including Thane in Maharashtra.
The Nobel laureate had on Friday said that 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan is nowadays used 'to beat up people' across the country and has no association with Bengali culture.