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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)”

Babri Masjid demolition vs pulling down of statues of racists in the US

Beware of false parallels being drawn by supporters of the right-wing to justify the demolition of a medieval era mosque in India 

Indian-Americans protest communalism in NYC

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South Africa Court resolves arbitrary deprival of citizenship, upholds constitutional mandate

In a unanimous judgment, a nine-judge constitutional bench interpreted citizenship provisions in a manner that confers citizenship rather than depriving it

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‘Cypher’ will bring together artists and HRDs to take stories to wider audience: Front Line Defenders

The digital monthly magazine will use visual storytelling to bring together artists and human rights defenders in a bid for their stories to reach new audiences

San Francisco passes resolution opposing discriminatory CAA, NRC and NPR

The resolution was passed unanimously and stated that the CAA, NRC and NPR would create a massive refugee and health crisis

Grand Mufti of Egypt opposes Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque

Shawky Allam, Grand Mufti, said that the conversion was impermissible in Islam

A Nationalist Takeover of Hagia Sophia is not What the Muslim World Needed Now

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