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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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Sikh pilgrims fear ostracization after 197 test positive on return to Punjab from visit to holy site in Maharashtra
Almost 4,000 pilgrims had returned to Punjab from Hazur Sahib Gurudwara in Nanded, Maharashtra
Accusing Dr Zafarul Islam Khan of sedition, is an attempt to intimidate: Activists
Dr Khan’s name is the latest, and he is certainly the oldest, and the only one holding a Constitutional post, on the list of Muslims to have been accused of Sedition
‘Untraceable’ detention camp inmate from Assam found, released with CJP’s help
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Zubeida Khatoon had lost all hope after being forced to spend more than five years in captivity
Muslims must give up use of loudspeakers for religious purposes
The controversy over the use of loudspeakers with the...
Designate India as ‘Country of Particular Concern’, impose sanctions: USCIRF
Annual report highlights "discriminatory policies, inflammatory rhetoric and tolerance for violence against minorities" in India
“I am a patriot to the core and I have always defended my country abroad:” Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan Chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission
For over a month now, the right wing troll teams have been hard at work to vilify Muslim activists, students leaders, and intellectuals. Dr Khan is their latest target.
Arab Solidarity is Welcome, But Indian Muslims Must Remain the Vanguard
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Minority groups, human rights organisations welcome USCIRF report on India
USCIRF had recommended that the US government designate India a Country of Particular Concern due to its recent track record of persecution of religious minorities
No public gatherings and loudspeakers for religious events: Guj Gov’t
Does the Gujarat government want to say that social distancing, as well as other measures have been failing in the state for the past month? Or is its order on Monday stating that strict implementation of Disaster Management Act invoked to deal with the Covid19 pandemic a reminder for the Muslim community?
“Seemingly isolated incidents appear to be building up to an ostracism of Muslims.”
As anti-Muslim hate crimes continue across India, 101 former civil servants write to state heads asking them to reassure people that there is no truth whatsoever in the rumours that result in communal targeting
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