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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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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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An Islamic flag was set on fire during a Durga idol immersion procession in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night. The incident triggered anger among members of the Muslim community and raised questions about the presence and response of police personnel at the scene.
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The Delhi High Court, on October 15, refused to restore electricity and water connections to Race Course Masjid, a Waqf-notified property and a Grade II heritage structure notified in 2009, after the utilities were disconnected on October 7.
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Across the working-class slums of Malvani and Ambujwadi, residents did everything they were supposed to—filled out enumeration forms, mapped their names to the 2002 electoral rolls, and received signed acknowledgements from booth-level officers. Scores still found themselves declared ‘absent’ or ‘shifted’ in Maharashtra’s draft electoral rolls, despite official assurances that no eligible voter would be left out.
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Police across India’s most populous state have shot hundreds of suspects in near-identical encounters that often target Muslims accused of cow smuggling, an offense closely tied to cow protection laws rooted in Hindu religious belief, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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Assam Congress spokesperson Reetam Singh faces widespread criticism for calling undertrial JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam a “terrorist” who should be “6 feet below the ground” and for endorsing police violence against him, with critics accusing him of normalising Islamophobia and abandoning constitutional principles.
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Disenfranchising 13 crore people may appear trivial to an outfit that has has little real faith in democracy or the right to vote, though Indians hold them dear, says the youth leader.
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Despite the statistics pointing to the exclusion of a specific community, the opposition continues to frame “vote chori” as a standalone, generalised democratic crisis. Muslim voters are discussed as part of the larger electorate, while their distinct political insecurities receive little attention.
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Members of three Christian families were allegedly assaulted inside their homes by people identified by the victims and witnesses as members of the Bajrang Dal. The women were allegedly beaten, their clothes torn and some of them stripped to the point of partial nudity. Minor girls were not spared either, the families alleged.
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