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Address Discrimination & Hate Crimes India told: CERD, UN

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has sharply criticised the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and raised concerns about the subjecting of Bengali-speaking Muslims to “systematic and structural racial discrimination”

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The Global Financing of Hindu Supremacism: How corporations and diaspora networks fuel Hindutva’s rise

An in-depth overview of the Polis Project’s report exposing the corporate and transnational funding behind Hindu nationalist politics, its impact on minorities, and the urgent need for global accountability.

The Rise of the Far-Right in Europe: From margins to mainstream

While the rise of the right across Europe and USA is rooted on economic distress and social alienation, the challenges facing these right-wing coalitions are significant. Their agendas—marked by climate denialism, opposition to immigration, and scepticism toward international cooperation—often clash with urgent global priorities

Rohingya Genocide 2012-2018: Argentinian Court issues arrest warrants to Myanmar military leaders

Argentina becomes the first of several nations approached under the principle of universal jurisdiction on the issue of justice for Rohingyas of Myanmar; while Germany has rejected another complaint, the United Kingdom is examining evidence and Turkey and the Philippines have yet to respond

IMSD condemns the assassination of the world’s first openly gay Imam

“No God, gods, goddesses, prophets or saints may be invoked to justify the killing and/or terrorising of fellow human beings”.

Progressive Muslims condemn the assassination in South Africa of the world’s first gay Imam

Calls on all Muslims, regardless of political and religious differences, to build a culture of tolerance and curiosity for various interpretations of Islam

Modi government silent as US deports Indians in chains

Shackled and humiliated: The present regime’s silence on US deportation of Indians exposes the 'Vishwaguru’ myth

How US Uses, Exploits and Discards Migrant Labour!

The weaponistation of deportation is part of neoliberal policies that create inequality, serve the interest of the ruling elite, force people to migrate in search of work and criminalise them once they arrive.

Why Muslim Nations Should Abandon Blasphemy Laws

The Quran, the primary source of Islamic teachings, does not support the harsh and punitive blasphemy laws enacted in many Muslim nations

Muslim societies need counter-narrative to radicalisation and religious extremism

Extremism did not appear out of nowhere. It is a treasured offspring of religious philosophy that is taught and studied at our madrasas and religious schools.

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