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Equal Inheritance Rights for Muslim Women: Upholding Constitutional Justice and Gender Equality
March 17, 2026 Press Statement by Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) wholeheartedly welcomes the recent observations made by the Supreme Court of India during...
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Hate Watch: Did a Bajrang Dal member descecrate a Muslim shrine in Ballabgarh?
Jeet Vashisht remains unmasked in the videos and introduces himself as well as his fellow Dal members, however he has escaped arrest so far
Gurugram: Will the right-wing agenda of dividing Muslims and Sikhs over namaz space succeed?
Fuelling hate in Gurugram is a right-wing backed step in disturbing this peace between the two communities, who have stood together on many issues
Facade of normalcy post Feb 2002, reality was different: Zakia Jafri SLP
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Petitioners showcase how SIT ignored intel provided by senior cops and wireless messages about build-up of violence; how violence continued in the ensuing months
Hate Watch: VHP ‘purifies’ Ahmedabad garden where Muslims offered Namaz
A VHP member told the media that that "casual namaz eventually results in claim being staked on that piece of land"
Hindutva group tries to evoke ‘love jihad’ bogey in Kasganj case
Uttar Pradesh police have dropped the kidnapping charge against Altaf, the young Muslim man who died in their custody
With CJP’s help, Mojibor Sheikh finally walks out of Assam Detention Centre
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After he was thrown behind bars, his wife had to take up employment as a domestic help, his son had dropped out of school
Wasim Rizvi releases book full of Islamophobic diatribe
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Book launched by none other than Yati Narsinghanand is full of vile allegations against Prophet Mohammed and Islam
Amravati violence: Minority owned shops targeted during bandh by Hindutva groups
Curfew extended to four more towns, 60 arrested, 8 BJP members detained
Violence erupts in Maharashtra after bandh call by Raza Academy
The group had called for a bandh to protest the persecution of Muslims and destruction of mosques in Tripura, but several instances of violence were reported from Amravati, Malegaon and Nanded
Madhya Pradesh: NCPCR ‘inspects’ girls hostel run by nuns, alleges conversion
There are five Christian girls and 14 Hindu girls in residence; the Christian children hail from North Eastern states, the rest are from the interior villages of MP and have no proper access to schools back home
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