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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...

Hate Watch: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya continues spewing anti-Muslim venom

Calls Muslims “lungi chaap, jaalidaar topi goondas” and accuses them of “roaming the streets with revolvers in their hands and threatening businessmen” before the 2017 Assembly elections

You know it’s Friday in Gurugram, when Hindutva groups disrupt namaz!

Yet again, right-wing goons created a ruckus and held demonstrations at Gurugram’s Sector 37 namaz site amid police presence

NCM asks Tripura gov’t to expedite report about alleged vandalism of mosques

CJP had filed a complaint before the Commission on October 29 seeking inquiry into news reports that indicated vandalism of mosques and properties belonging to Muslims.

Muslim man alleges torture in police custody in Bengaluru

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Whitefield) has asked for “a report from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)” after youth loses arm to infected wound

Hate has won. The artist had been defeated: Munawar Faruqui

Munawar Faruqui’s charity show for the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar’s foundation was cancelled on Sunday November 28. It was the twelfth show to have been axed

Secular Muslims oppose the demand for an anti-blasphemy law

Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly opposes the...

An ‘encounter’ in UP: Identical injuries, allegations of ‘cow slaughter’, Muslim daily wagers in jail?

Delhi State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist), writes to Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister asking for impartial inquiry into the alleged “encounter”

Noida hate crime survivor approaches SC seeking fair investigation

Kazeem Ahmad Sherwani, alleged he was attacked because of his Muslim identity; seeks impartial investigation and action against police officials who allegedly refused to act on his complaint

Krishna Janmabhoomi: Application before DM to stop namaaz at Shahi Idgah

Advocate spearheading the Krishna Janmabhoomi movement claims masjid erected on top of exact birthplace of the deity, and thus congregational prayers by Muslims here should be stopped

Delhi Assembly committee summons Kangana Ranaut for remarks on Sikhs

Ranaut allegedly “labelled the Sikh Community as ‘Khalistani Terrorists’,” and has been asked to appear before the committee at noon on December 6

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