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Equal Inheritance Rights for Muslim Women: Upholding Constitutional Justice and Gender Equality

March 17, 2026 Press Statement by Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) wholeheartedly welcomes the recent observations made by the Supreme Court of India during...

Muslim man allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes in Bihar, why is CM silent?

Victim, Mohammad Khaleel Alam, was reportedly a JDU member, his body was later burnt and the accused claimed it was to send a message

No interfaith nikah sans parents’ consent: MP’s Ulama Board’s latest diktat

Madhya Pradesh Ulama Board has “decided” that Muslim parents will have to take a call if their consenting adult children or daughters can marry a non Muslim partner or not

Hijab Ban: Identity politics or body policing?

CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad and social scientist, Dr. Muniza Khan, discuss the question no one has asked yet

Has Gujarat BJP been taken to task for its anti-Muslim ‘caricature’ yet?

The offensive tweet posted after the verdict in the Ahmedabad blast case; deleted after thousands of objections, Instagram clean up follows

Karnataka: What is the message sent by demolishing 18-year-old Jesus statue?

Tehsildar ordered the demolition claiming that the statue was built on government land but locals say demolition is illegal as the case is pending in court

Ghaziabad: Police beat up Muslim women protesters, claim ‘scuffle’, but viral video shows otherwise

A first information report, has also been filed by the police against the protesters over the incident

Hijab Case: Will action be taken against Karanataka BJP for sharing details of minor Muslim students?

Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party’s official twitter handle and Nalinkumar Kateel its president had tweeted private information of the Muslim girls from Udupi

Hijab ban: Multiple Dimensions

The present issue will push Muslim girls back as far as their empowerment through education is concerned

How can a College Committee make decision on ‘public order’: Petitioners at Hijab Ban hearing

The Karnataka High Court, at the last hearing refused permission for any kind of religious dress in educational institutions

Stop infecting college campuses with the communal poison: Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD)

 More than 150 secular human rights activists strongly condemn the...

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