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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...

Delhi HC directs govt to decide within 2 weeks on removal of Dr Zafarul as Chairman of DMC

This order was given in a petition seeking removal of Dr. Khan owing to the charges of sedition on him after his social media post

UN raises apprehensions over increase in hate speech and discrimination since adoption of CAA

Also expresses concerns about targeting of Muslims in the country

Pray at home: Mosques urge citizens to offer namaaz at home on Eid

EId-Ul-Fitr is set to be celebrated in India on either May 24 or May 25, depending on the sighting of the moon

Christians not being allowed burials, forced to cremate in Mumbai?

No Christian cemeteries have been listed for burial of Covid-19 victims

Another chapter in the politics of Azaan

Allahabad HC bans the use of loudspeakers for azaan

Eid amidst lockdown: Permission sought for Itikaf prayers in mosques

Jamia Nizamia, Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal issues fatwa on Eid prayers

Delhi HC again adjourns petition about police accountability for ‘indiscriminate’ arrests: Justice delayed?

​​​​​​​Brinda Karat’s petition urging transparency in arrests and detentions pushed to June 16

Tablighi Jamaat members still under the scanner

Pleas in courts, passport seizures, regime continues to keep a close watch

Ahmedabad violence: Court pulls up cops for charging accused under Sec 307

The magistrate also demanded to know why there was a delay of five days in presenting the accused before a court

Pakistan Abases its Ahmadi Citizens, yet Again

One notices a strange silence within the Indian Muslim community regarding the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan.

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