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For many in India, and particularly in Gujarat, 26 March will always be remembered as a ‘black day!’ On that day in 2003, in keeping with an election promise,...
Cooperate fully with madrasa survey authorities: Maulana Arshad Madani to UP madrasas
Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind and Darul Uloom have advised madrasa authorities to present all relevant documents and maintain transparency during UP government’s survey of madrasas
Needs and rights of Muslim girls ignored by administration: PUCL’s interim report on Hijab Ban in Karnataka
The report finds that the local media’s reportage was riddled with stereotypes
Hijab Ban case: SC wonders if right to dress also makes right to undress a fundamental right
Advocate for Petitioner submits before the court that Secularism does not mean students of only one faith display religion
Assam: Madrasa demolished in protest against ‘jihadi activities’
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The madrasa is the fourth to be demolished in the north eastern state.
Signatures collected in support of justice for Bilkis Bano to be sent to the Chief Justice of India
Citizens’ signatures were collected to demand cancellation of remission of sentence granted by Gujarat Government to 11 people convicted in the Bilkis Bano case
Punjab: Christian Pastor’s car set on fire
CM promises action, but Jathedar of Akal Takht demands anti-conversion law
Badruddin Ajmal accuses BJP of targeting Muslims, mosques
Attacks on Muslims, Madrasas, Mosques have been increasing ahead of 2024 general election, says AIUDF chief
Karnataka: Ganesha Festival Celebrated at Hubballi Idgah Ground Amid Tight Security
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Anjuman-e-Islam claimed that the Idgah property was protected under the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which says no religious place of worship can be converted.
Meghalaya: Catholic church vandalised, statues desecrated
Incident took place in a Catholic church in North Garo Hills; case registered, but no arrests so far
Assam developing SOPs for Imams coming from ‘outside’
Move comes after nearly 30 people including at least three Imams with alleged links to terror groups were nabbed from madrasas during operations conducted since March
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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns
This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23
India
Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
Communal Organisations
USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has apart from continuing to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), also recommended targeted sanctions against the RSS; this is a first.
Communalism
Evicted, Accused, and Deleted: The shrinking space for Muslim citizenship
From migrant workers and small vendors to university classrooms and electoral rolls, the architecture of suspicion –for the Indian Muslim--now stretches across everyday life
Rights
Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
Move comes days before Supreme Court hearing in habeas corpus petition filed by his wife; Ladakh activist had been detained following September 2025 protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule protections
Minorities
Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home
Summoning the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly, the Allahabad High Court said any violence against the petitioner or his property would be presumed to have occurred at the instance of the State, as the case raises serious concerns over interference with religious prayers inside private property
Rights
35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms
Coalition, which also included CJP who is the lead petitioner on challenge to anti-conversion laws in SC, demands draft bill be made public, calls for consultations and legislative scrutiny; says existing criminal law already addresses coercion