Indian Muslims

Muslims are a fifth of population in India, but Muslim parliament representation is less than 5%

The option of offering nationality to persecuted segment of Indian population needs to be analysed from two angles

Washington-based research group, India Hate Lab, documented 668 hate speech incidents targeting Muslims in 2023

Maulana Sarjan, Maulana Abdul Rasheed, Maulana Mushtaq and Abdul Majeed booked under draconian PSA

Hindu nationalists instigate hatred against Muslims with evident impunity

Indian media reports suggest one of the killers remained in contact with BJP officials for years

Analysts say the country's courts have turned into a tool in the hands of the elements targeting Muslims

The development comes after Hindu women sought permission to perform rituals inside the mosque

The incident comes days after similar religious violence in three states

Int'l forum observes anti-Muslim rhetoric in India has been taken to mainstream to create 'Hindu Rashtra'

Hindu students ask officials to impose a complete ban on hijab at Uttar Pradesh college

Minister says flag bearers of human rights should take notice, speak for Indian Muslim girls' right to education

Pakistan expects the government of India to reciprocate the gesture, says FO

The govt claims it needs facial recognition to 'prevent crime and find missing children'

Muslims have been offering prayers on govt-owned land at 37 locations in the country

Authorities open criminal investigation into the owners of 102 social media accounts

‘India kills Muslims’ has been trending in Arab countries after videos of brutality against Indian Muslims went viral

Muslim bloc urges Modi govt to protect the religious and social fundamental freedoms of minority community

It is time Indian prime minister was questioned and warned over his anti-Muslim policies

Desecration of mortal remains by individuals embedded with the security forces is shocking beyond belief, says FO

#MuslimLivesMatter trends on Twitter after yet another police brutality video surfaces

Many among India's 170 million Muslims say they feel like second-class citizens

Changes threatened peace and Covid-free status of the Muslim-majority archipelago

Video shows temple caretaker kicking and punching boy after he revealed his and his father's name

'False perception created in media that foreigners who visited Delhi mosque responsible for spreading Covid-19'

52-year-old Gaffar Ahmed says the culprits 'pulled his beard and even asked to go to Pakistan'.

Actor irks many for supporting #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd while staying quiet amid brutality on Indian Muslims, Kashmiris

What we fear is that, much as it was 80-odd years ago, world powers will refuse to stop a madman until it is too late

The actor has been a vocal critic of the Citizenship Amendment Act since quite a while

New law doesn't extend the same protection to Muslim migrants as to six other religious minorities fleeing persecution

India’s Supreme Court ruled on Nov 9 that disputed holy land should be awarded to Hindus

Hatred veiled in the project to turn India into a Hindu state has set off alarm bells among leading intellectuals

Custodian of Ajmer Sharif shrine says Muslims are being massacred for eating beef in Modi’s India

'The way Muslims are treated today in India has made people realise now why Pakistan was born'

New calendar marks Mahavir Jayanti, Buddh Purnima, Raksha Bandhan, Mahanavmi, Diwali, Christmas as holidays

'Hindus will become secondary citizens if Muslims become lawmakers,' says Banwari Lal Singhal

Political representation of Muslims weak in western Indian state

'We are directing the Union of India to consider appropriate legislation in this regard'

Junaid says police subjected him to third-degree torture after picking him up on bogus terror charges

The legality of the practice is currently under debate in the country’s Supreme Court

Dozens of posters appeared in UP's Jianagla village overnight

India's large Muslim minority faces bias when buying or renting properties

RSS leader was responding to the Communist Party of India

Political leaders are using religion-based population projections to spread Hindutva propaganda.

He encourages those who face discrimination based on faith to "not let bitterness take over"

Indian constitution allows Muslims to regulate matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance through own civil code

Fifteen Hindu men were imprisoned for petty crimes and forced to serve additional sentence due to nonpayment of fines

Hindu nationalist dies from injuries he suffered while protesting a celebration honouring Tipu Sultan