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From the violence of 2024 to the Bakri Eid tensions of 2026, a fact-finding report examines Mira Road’s deepening communal fault lines

A two-part fact-finding report examines how political competition, hate speech, state action and outside mobilisation have repeatedly transformed local disputes into communal flashpoints in Mira Road

Lucknow demolition drives resume a day after central government’s oath taking ceremony

As the election results have come out and oath taking of cabinet ministers has finished, the bulldozers seem to have resumed as Lucknow’s Akbarnagar area saw a demolition drive that had been stayed by the Allahabad High Court in December, 2023.

Elections 2024: 23 Muslim Legislators represent 180 million Muslims in the 18th Lok Sabha

In 2019, General Lok Sabha witnessed the lowest Muslim Representation at only 22 MPs, while the Muslim community is second largest population of India; this number goes up by one in 2024

UP Madrasa students detained, UP Minority Commission calls it ‘discriminatory’ and ‘humiliating’

The Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission has called for punitive measures against the Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials who detained madrasa students in April.

Repeat offender among suspects in lynching of Muslim man in Gujarat

On May 23, a Muslim man named Misri Khan Baloch was attacked and killed by a group of men in Diyodar, Gujarat.

Elections And The Future Of The Gyanvapi Masjid

As the marathon Lok Sabha election enters its final...

Amethi: Locals claim police beat up Muslims at polling booths

After Sambhal, reports of Muslims being beaten at the poll booth as India’s 18th Lok Sabha elections continue in its fifth phase.

Mumbai college bans hijab, demands students wear ‘decent’ clothes

After the junior college banned the burqa and implemented a uniform in August 2023, the Acharya Marathe College once again demanded a ban on burqa and other clothes. Students have written to the administration and human rights commissions and demanded their rights not be violated.

Cow vigilantes chase truck, tie up Muslim truck driver, and associate

In an incident of vigilante violence, a Muslim truck driver and his co-traveller were chased by two cars of men and removed from the truck and tied in a humiliating manner.

Mob enters and tries to destroy historic Pirana Shrine in Gujarat

Over the years, local Muslims have made complaints about encroaching attempts to saffronise the shrine, which is overseen by a Trust composed of both Hindus and Muslims. The latest attempt by miscreants also features installations of idols at the shrine.

Media Reports over Population Study by EAC-PM, “Misleading” and “Misreported”:  Population Foundation of India (PFI)

Expressing concern over the “spreading of alarm on Growth of Muslim Population” by the Indian media, the PFI has urged, “The most effective way to manage population growth is through investment in education, economic development, gender equity” media refrain from using demographic studies to create fear and division.”

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