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Waqf Act Amendments Partly Stayed: SC blocks government control, backs registration and reforms
CJI Gavai-led bench intervenes narrowly—suspends five-year Islam clause and executive powers over land disputes through interim order, while letting registration mandate and abolition of ‘Waqf by user’ operate
Archbishop of Bengaluru appeals to community to vote, ensure support for candidates constitution-bound and non-corrupt
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In a written appeal to all voters in the city of Bengaluru, Archbishop Reverend Dr Peter Machado has appealed to all fathers (priests), sisters, and the lay Christians to ensure they vote and do so with a conscience, other priests join in
Chhattisgarh: Bajrang Dal disrupts Christian prayer meet; religious conversion alleged
About 20 Christians were detained while Bajrang Dal members openly assaulting the Christians were let off
The Kerala Story: now claims of true story of only 3 girls?
After a severe backlash and prize money announced for proving claims of conversion of 32,000 girls, the film makers have done a U-turn and claim the movie is based on stories of only 3 girls
The Kerala Story: a movie with preposterous claims peppered with Islamophobia
The movie’s teaser and trailer has met with much criticism from all fronts accusing the director-producers for making outrageous claims about conversions and women “joining the ISIS”
IMSD condemns ‘Maulana’ Sajjad Nomani’s Talibani firman
The cleric prays to Allah to condemn to eternal hell Muslim parents who send their daughters to college unaccompanied
Muslim women heckled, abused for being seen with Hindu men
One incident from Maharashtra and two from Uttar Pradesh were reported
Hate speech spirals to a 7-day high, Muslims & Christians the target
Assam, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand are overrun with anti-Muslim (and anti-Christian) vitriol, with speakers escaping prosecution
Hindutva’s growing intolerance over gathering for Eid in society
Incidents like booking Muslims for offering namaaz on the road, school authorities booked for celebrating Eid have come to the fore.
Sajjad Nomani says girls should not be allowed to go to college alone
He spoke in a video uploaded on his Facebook page, speaking about Quran during Ramzan
Stones pelted during Eid namaaz in Allahabad
Police registered an FIR based on the complaint filed by the Eidgah’s managing committee
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Waqf Act Amendments Partly Stayed: SC blocks government control, backs registration and reforms
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Rights
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Rule of Law
Monitoring Torture: SC’s suo motu action on custodial deaths and CCTV camera non-compliance
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Rule of Law
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Communalism
Akola 2023 targeted violence: Police officers must shed communal colours when they put on their uniforms says Supreme Court
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