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The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) strongly condemns the alleged white supremacist plot to carry out a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois. Coming five months after the deadly attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, the plot is a stark reminder that the same violent ideology is targeting Muslims, Hindus and other communities of color at their places of worship.
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India’s biggest media groups, including those owned by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, have challenged Modi’s privacy law, warning it could expose journalists’ sources, enable censorship and cripple investigative journalism.
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A book by activist Umar Khalid, based on his doctoral thesis on the history of tribal societies under British rule, has been removed from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune library to avoid “any misunderstanding or unrest”, the institute said on Monday.
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A solidarity essay on Sharjeel Imam challenges the portrayal of Muslim political assertion as communalism, tracing his ideas through historical scholarship on secular nationalism, constitutional exclusion, Muslim intellectual traditions and resistance to majoritarianism.
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The Centre on Tuesday gave an oral assurance to the Delhi High Court that it will not take any coercive action against the Race Course Masjid until Thursday.
This came on a petition by a worshipper, Syed Ahmed Saud, who sought unrestricted access to the mosque as well as protection against demolition.
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The Narendra Modi regime’s perceived efforts, through the SIR process, to disenfranchise Muslims are part of an old ideological construct that sees the Muslim “other” as a foreigner. That is why it will never retreat on the issue.
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For nearly a decade, Randall Sequeira has ridden his motorcycle through remote Adivasi villages in Odisha, providing free treatment and medicines. Now jailed amid a crackdown on anti-mining protests, he is accused by police of instigating tribals, though he is not named in the first information report relating to the alleged violence.
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Faced with waves of student protests, the Indian government is using surveillance technology and AI to stamp out dissent.
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Najeeb’s case serves as a classic record of how our investigative agencies operate when a member of a minority status goes missing.
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Muslims offered prayers in the mosque amid uncertainty. Meanwhile, displaced families are given homes 50 kms away.
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To understand the positions Imam has taken in the interview as well as in his pre-prison writings and speeches, one must decode them through the lens of his personal background.
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A notice in a Bhopal housing complex built under a prime ministerial housing scheme instructed owners to prefer Hindu tenants. It is signed by “order of the committee”. Pyare Khan complained to police on 3 September 2026. More than a month later, no FIR had been registered, despite criminal-law provisions on religious offences and communal harmony being routinely invoked in complaints against Muslims.
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From Batla House encounter to Shaheen Bagh, Asad Ashraf reflects on living in Jamia Nagar in a changing India.
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The minaret of their mosque collapsed during demolition work to widen a road for a Hindu pilgrimage. Now, Indian Muslims in Ujjain are working to repair their centuries-old building.
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India ranks 100 among 122 countries in the 2026 Global Hunger Index (GHI).
The index is released jointly by the German aid agency Welthungerhilfe (WHH) and Concern Worldwide, an Irish organisation, along with partner institutions: the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) and the Swiss organisation Helvetas.
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There is nothing illegitimate about a Muslim political thinker drawing upon Iqbal, Jinnah, Islamic political thought or Muslim historical experience. Nor is there anything inherently illegitimate about criticising liberalism, secularism, democracy or constitutionalism.
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India’s Muslims fear the demolition of a century-old mosque near PM Narendra Modi’s residence after the imam claimed he received an eviction notice. There has been a wider demolition drive in the area, and the mosque’s water and electricity have been cut off.
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Three Christian families in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district have accused a group of people of assaulting and threatening them in an attempt to force them to renounce their faith. The families, residents of Chandrakona, claimed that nine of their members were attacked and intimidated on October 18 and 19.
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"If the RSS has the space and authority to work in Kashmir, why is Jamaat-e-Islami banned when similar groups function freely across India?" a PDP leader asked.
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