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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...

And so it begins: Civil suit filed to remove Idgah next to Krishna temple in Mathura

Suit bears chilling similarity to Ayodhya case, where deity is a petitioner via next friend

171 Hindus ‘converted’ to Islam in Sindh: Pakistani lawyer

Rahat John Austin, who describes himself “Lawyer, Author, Activist” on social media had flagged the conversion

Why did Deepak Chaurasia allow hate speech on his show?

He did not intervene when pro-RSS panelist DU Prof Sangit Raagi demanded a "ban" on the Quran

Communal violence was to uproot elected govt: Delhi police riots chargesheet

Final chargesheet alleges a “conspiracy” by handful of activists, students ‘planning’ over whatsapp etc, an “engineered, vicious and visceral communal violence”

Tablighi Jamaat event caused coronavirus to spread to ‘many persons’: MHA

Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also told Rajya Sabha that Delhi Police arrested 233 TJ members, evacuated 2,361 people from its HQ

Why are retired IPS officers attacking Julio Ribeiro for seeking fair probe into Delhi riots?

Another 26 retired IPS officers write to oppose Ribeiro’s letter to Delhi Police commissioner asking him to probe riots investigation

Tablighi Jamaat members attacked in Beed

Verbally abused, beards and skull caps pulled, minority community members recall being beaten within an inch of their lives

NHRC directs Assam gov’t to pay compensation to hate crime survivor

Shaukat Ali was physically assaulted and forced to eat pork in the run up to general elections last year

Citizenship crisis being communalised in Assam?

Seven Assistant Government Pleaders from minority community shunted out, replaced with non-Muslims

Retired civil servants move SC; seek authoritative meaning of ‘hate speech’

The intervention has been filed in a petition that was filed by Firoz Iqbal Khan seeking stay on the broadcast of show “Bindaas Bol” on Sudarshan News

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