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26-Year Citizenship Battle Ends: Barpeta Tribunal rules Alam Khan is Indian

After decades of uncertainty, the Tribunal finds that credible evidence, not documentary imperfections, determines citizenship under the Foreigners Act

2023: Muslims speak up on life amid targeted hatred

What is daily life like for the Muslim in India?

Students called “Pakistani” after school debate justifies Israeli violence against Palestinians

A school in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur held a debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict, after which Muslim students were designated as “Pakistani” when they expressed their discomfort

USCIRF signals alarm in India’s ‘Increased Transnational Targeting’ of religious minorities 

This bipartisan commission has also implored the US government to desginate India as a country of particular concern for religious freedom due to the "systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom of religion or belief".

Madhya Pradesh: One day after BJP’s victory, Muslim homes and meat shops demolished

Just a day after the chief minister Mohan Yadav took to office, reports of homes of Muslims and allegedly “illegal” meat shops being demolished have arisen from the state.

United Christian Forum: Average two Christians attacked in India every day, 287 incidents reported from UP itself

As per their statement, in 335 days of 2023, 687 incidents of violence against Christians reported, 88 more than last year; Manipur saw well-orchestrated attacks on Christians

Hindutva Rising: Muslim man lynched, day later Hindutva groups disrupt protest for Babri in West Bengal       

Commentators and historians attest that this is the worst level of Hindutva polarisation that the state of West Bengal has seen since partition.

Muslim student denied to sit for UGC-NET due to hijab

A Muslim student was denied to write the UGC-NET exam in Bihar’s Patna because she refused to remove her hijab. The student asserts that she was made to choose between her religion and academics.

“Bulldozer raj” in Chhattisgarh too?

After BJP’s victory in Chhattisgarh, the capital city of Raipur witnessed a series of shops demolished by bulldozers. Media reports allege that the shops belong to Muslims.

Dr Kafeel Khan booked again, this time over book ‘inciting people, creating division’

In September 2020, the Allahabad High Court revoked charges under National Security Act (NSA) against Khan, and ordered to immediately release him as he had been in a Mathura jail for nearly six months.

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After decades of uncertainty, the Tribunal finds that credible evidence, not documentary imperfections, determines citizenship under the Foreigners Act

Three High Courts, One Message: Police power has constitutional limits

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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

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A deleted tweet, an NSA order, and the shadow of past crackdowns

The clarification may address the immediate controversy, but years of preventive action against movements have deepened distrust

Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

Mumbai stands with students, but the state pushes back

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