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SCs, Muslims both live in highly segregated neighbourhoods with poorer public services: International Study

The international working paper found that government services – like secondary schools, clinics and hospitals, electricity, water and sewerage – were all “systematically worse” in marginalised neighbourhoods

Weaponising Sufism and Wahhabism to Subjugate Muslims

How the politics of ‘Good Muslim’ vs. ‘Bad Muslim’ manufactures consent for genocide

Communal Conspiracy in Karnataka School: Sri Ram Sene leader orchestrates poisoning to target Muslim headmaster

Three arrested after 11 children fall ill from poisoned water; police uncover plot aimed at removing long-serving Muslim educator in Karnataka’s Hulikatti village

Bihar SIR: Kishanganj, with a high poverty index & Muslim majority in focus as 65 lakh deleted from electoral rolls

Estimates put the deletions in the draft list of the Bihar SIR released at a staggering 65 lakhs with concentration on underprivileged, minority and poverty ridden districts

Under Suspicion: Bengali Migrant workers face mass detentions, fear, and statelessness in Gurugram crackdown

Detained without explanation, denied dignity, and targeted for their language and faith, the ongoing campaign against Bengali-speaking migrants in Gurugram exposes the dark underbelly of India’s recent undocumented crackdown

Targeted by Mob, Arrested without Cause: Two Catholic nuns jailed in Chhattisgarh despite consent documents and no evidence of conversion

Despite valid IDs and parental consent, nuns face charges under BNS and state conversion law; no action on those who harassed them

Development by Displacement: Assam evicts thousands for Adani project without due process

In the name of industrial progress, the Assam government has unleashed bulldozers across Dhubri and Goalpara, displacing thousands, mainly flood-hit, landless, Bengali-origin Muslims. With no meaningful rehabilitation. As land is cleared for a Rs 40,000 crore Adani power project, what’s being erased is more than just homes: it’s the fragile stability of lives long on the edge

Indian Muslims need to be protected as much from the communalism of their co-religionists as majoritarian communalism: In remembrance of CM Naim

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85. Here his work is remembered for its out of the box thinking and commitment to both the culture and language around Urdu; an essay that recalls his works

Bengali-Speaking Migrants Detained En Masse in Odisha: National security or targeted persecution?

Over 440 people, mostly Bengali-speaking migrant workers, have been detained in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district under suspicion of being “illegal Bangladeshis”, prompting a political storm, allegations of ethnic profiling, and appeals for immediate release

Funds Withheld, Futures on Hold: Dalit, OBC, Minority students face scholarship crisis amidst delays and cuts

A sudden funding freeze leaves dozens of marginalised students in limbo, exposing deepening cracks in the government’s commitment to educational justice

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