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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...

Jamia attack anniversary: Arundhati Roy compares CAA-NRC with Hitler’s Nuremberg law

Interestingly this meet was on a day when Jamia Millia Islamia got an A++ rank in the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) review

Bashing Christians in India

The divisive agenda is clearly to polarise sections of the majority community against the Christians

Targeting Christian community not a new phenomenon in Karnataka: PUCL report  

Report traces history and evolution of Hate Crimes against Christians in the state where right-wing vigilantes are given a virtual carte blance to unleash violence and terror upon minorities

Gujarat: Why was a Christian ashram accused of conversion even after enquiry found nothing amiss?

An FIR was lodged in this regard under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act at Makarpura police station based on a complaint by District Social Defence Officer Mayank Trivedi

Karnataka’s Right-Wing groups most active against Christians ahead of State Assembly meet 

Right wing mob sets Christian books ablaze in Kolar, in Belagavi man enters church armed with a machete; Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hints that draft “anti-conversion bill” may be approved by cabinet

Gurugram: Why are Namaz disruptions on the rise?

It's Friday, and reports are already trickling in of Namaz disruptions; all eyes are on the Gurugram administration to take necessary action

Two brothers released from Assam Detention Centre with CJP’s help

CJP worked for four months to get Mahiruddin and Mainuddin released from the Tezpur Detention Centre

Indore bench of MP High Court grants bail to bangle-seller Taslim Ali

The hate crime survivor has been in jail for 115 days; he was beaten up by a mob who accused him of making inappropriate advances on underage girls, the lynching video had gone viral

Bengaluru: Muslim youth allegedly tortured by cop, made to drink urine

The accused policeman has reportedly been suspended for “dereliction of duty, not reporting to the police station, and for not registering the case”

Muslim man assaulted, Adivasi man lynched to death: What is happening in Jharkhand?

The mentally challenged Muslim man was grievously injured and the Adivasi man was lynched on suspicion of being a cattle thief

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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

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