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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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Will no one from Team India speak up for Mohammad Shami?
Team India took a knee for BLM, but failed to address the vicious diatribe against their Muslim teammate after losing match to Pakistan
Aamir Khan: Surviving in the regime’s crosshairs
Over the years, Khan has become the favourite whipping-boy for right-wing trolls, drawing flak for everything ranging from his views on rehabilitation of people displaced due to the Narmada dam, to his remark on intolerance, to marrying and divorcing two Hindu women, to finally the new Ceat Tyres commercial
Over 300 attacks on Christians reported this year, over 2000 women, Adivasis and Dalits injured
Recent fact-finding reports elucidate how the Christian community has been targeted with surveillance, vandalism, attacks, and social boycott across the country
Survey of Churches, anti conversion laws only empower radical mobs: Archbishop Peter Machado
In an exclusive interview to SabrangIndia's Karuna John, Archbishop Peter Machado speaks about the dangerous implications of the proposed survey of Christians and an anti-conversion law
Hate Speech: Abbas Siddiqui does it again!
Will the West Bengal government take action against the serial hate offender?
Will Karnataka soon enact a tough “anti-conversion law”?
Karnataka’s legislative committee on backward classes and minority welfare is likely to soon launch its “survey of churches”
Hate Watch: Muslim man assaulted in crowded train, no one intervenes
The woman assaulting him is a Hindutva outfit leader, and also claims to be a BJP worker
MP: Communal flare up after 10-year-old Muslim boy allegedly turns up at garbha venue
A Hindu teenager objected to the Muslim boy’s presence, and the arguments eventually turned into communal clash; 20 Muslims and 6 Hindus have been named in FIRs
K’taka: Right-wing goons forcibly shut down meat shops; vandalise Muslim couple’s chicken shop
The incident took place near Belagavi and the police refused to lodge FIR in the matter forcing the complainant to reach a compromise with the attackers, who continue to harass them even now
Bangladesh: Mass strike called on October 23 to protest attacks on minorities
Bangladeshis stand in solidarity with their Hindu compatriots, even as violence against the minority community continues in places
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