Indian American Muslim Council

From Long Lines to Mass Burials: The Brutal Reality of the Modi Legacy

The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act gives the mob the power to legislate hate into law. thequint.com/opinion/mahara…

A court in Varanasi on Monday refused bail to all 14 Muslim men accused of organising an Iftar party on a boat in the Ganga, stating that the offences were serious and non-bailable. The decision was delivered by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Amit Kumar Yadav-III. theobserverpost.com/varanasi-court…

Till before Budhurpur, the earth is solid, but once you enter the village located in the Raninagar assembly constituency of Bengal’s Murshidabad district, the soil dissolves into shifting, sandy stretches. The river Padma here, carves both geography and destiny. Houses stand on uncertain ground, fields are shortened and lengthened depending on the river’s moods, and almost every family has a member working in the southern states, sending money back home. thewire.in/government/ben…

A tense confrontation unfolded in Kurawali village, Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday, March 21, 2026, when local Muslims were reportedly prevented from offering Eid namaz at a decades-old Eidgah. muslimmirror.com/i-will-bury-yo…

The revision of West Bengal’s electoral rolls has removed or placed over 12 million voters under scrutiny—with half of these, more than any other state, ‘under adjudication’ after the final roll—marked by data errors and opaque notices. Home minister Amit Shah, in December, told Parliament that his government would ‘detect, delete, deport’. In January the Election Commission said its job was to check citizenship only for voting rights. Evidence from districts with large Muslim populations points to disproportionate impact and higher deletion of women. article-14.com/post/in-west-b…

A Rapido driver in Delhi has allegedly refused to pick up a passenger after identifying him as Muslim, triggering outrage online and renewing concerns over discrimination in everyday services. According to reports, the driver declined the ride despite a confirmed booking, allegedly telling the passenger: “Musalmaan allowed nahi hai meri gaadi mein” (Muslims are not allowed in my vehicle). The incident took place on Saturday, March 21, coinciding with Eid. clarionindia.net/communalism-at…

One of the students alleged that the attackers had singled them out from a group of seven schoolboys after asking their names, and because they were wearing skullcaps. “Around 40-45 people attacked us. They asked our names. Since my friend and I were wearing skull caps, we became their primary targets,” he told The Indian Express on Friday. He said he had suffered a broken nose, a deep cut on his head, and multiple injuries on his hands. indianexpress.com/article/cities…

Eid Mubarak, with new wounds added.

A man was assaulted by a group of five men for allegedly transporting cows in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar on Thursday. As per the complaint filed in the incident, the victim, Saddam, was transporting two cows and a calf around 8 pm on Thursday when he reached Kali Temple at Bairagi Camp and was waylaid by some men. “One of them introduced himself as Pawan and said that they were gau sevaks, and accused me of taking the cows for slaughter. They forcibly made me sit in their car and assaulted me. After beating me, they told me that if they ever saw me transporting cows again, they would kill me,” he said in his complaint. indianexpress.com/article/india/…

The Haryana government has imposed a temporary ban on the operation and opening of meat shops near sensitive locations in all municipal areas of the state during the ongoing festival of Navratri. The directive aims to ensure peace, law, and order while respecting the religious sentiments of devotees. theobserverpost.com/haryana-bans-m…

Abdul Rashid Lone recalls the Friday morning in September 2018 when a police officer from Delhi police’s special cell informed him over phone that his son Parvaiz Rashid who was pursuing a postgraduate degree in engineering had been arrested for links with the terror outfit ISIS. thewire.in/news/jamshed-z…

Meat shops in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal were ordered to remain closed one day before Eid on the occasion of the religious festival Cheti Chand on Friday, March 20. siasat.com/bhopal-meat-sh…

Two Muslim students were allegedly brutally assaulted by a group of Hindutva men in Northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad area while returning home after writing their Class 12 board examinations. maktoobmedia.com/india/asked-na…

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Police and other authorities to take all necessary steps to prevent any untoward incidents in Uttam Nagar during Eid. The area has seen rising communal tension following the killing of a 26-year-old Hindu man on Holi. theobserverpost.com/delhi-hc-direc…

“They forced me to strip naked, forced me to open my legs and hit me with a belt on my private part,” said Dalit activist Shiv Kumar, who was recently released by the Delhi Special Cell. maktoobmedia.com/india/stripped…

Apart from these FIRs, there have been genocidal calls for mass killings, 'Khoon ki Holi' ahead of Eid this time. thequint.com/news/politics/…

IAMC urges the US government to designate the RSS as a foreign terrorist group under the relevant laws given its lengthy history of involvement in massacres, lynchings, hate crimes, and other acts of violence.

Political parties that go to people’s doors asking for votes – why are they absent from Uttam Nagar at this moment, when their voters feel insecure? Why can they not go there and speak with both Hindus and Muslims? m.thewire.in/article/commun…

Autocracies outnumber democracies in the world today, the annual V-Dem report finds, offering a tally of 92 autocracies and 87 democracies at the end of 2025. India is among the most populous electoral autocracies in the world. thewire.in/government/dem…