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Slide apartheid INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR BJP leader threatens Muslim shop owners, seeks economic apartheid In Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suneeta Sharma sought economic apartheid by declaring Muslim-owned shops would not be allowed to operate in "Hindu areas.” Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR Dozens of Muslims booked over “power theft” allegations in Sambhal Officials claim they discovered irregularities in electric meters, but residents have denounced the action as a “witch hunt.” One viral video surfacing from Sambhal shows troops of police officers marching through the area. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Babri Masjid OP-ED India’s Mosques Are Under Siege. The Destruction of the Babri Masjid Explains Why Thirty-two years ago, on December 6, 1992, mobs descended on the Babri Masjid in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya, destroyed the 600-year-old structure brick by brick, and provoking riots in which more than 2,000 people, predominantly Muslims, were killed. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Nadeem Khan PRESS RELEASE “Audacious, Hypocritical”: International Politicians, Lawyers, Human Rights Defenders Slam Targeting of Indian Muslim Activist & Fact-Checker in Criminal Cases At an online event held today, politicians, lawyers, human rights defenders, and academics from the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, and India strongly condemned far-right Indian authorities’ targeting of Nadeem Khan and Mohammed Zubair. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide REPORT New Survey Finds Widespread Reports of Islamophobic Discrimination Against Indian American Muslims by Hindu Nationalist Peers In the spring of 2024, the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and ReThink Media conducted a community survey of 950 Indian American Muslims to assess their perceptions of Hindu nationalism and its impact on their lives in the United States. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide IAMC Interviews INTERVIEW GOOD MEN PROJECT: Safa Ahmed on Discrimination Against Indian-American Muslims Around 2,000 people were brutally slaughtered, raped, and mutilated. It was a horrific bloodbath, and this was labelled retaliatory violence by Hindu militant groups against Muslims who were accused of a crime they did not commit. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Modi condemned IMPORTANT STORY ModiSpeak: Manifesto for a Hindu Nation The 2024 national elections braked India’s slide into authoritarianism but did not halt it. The Narendra Modi-led Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 240 of 543 parliamentary seats even as, diminished by voter pushback, the BJP lost 63 seats. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right

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IAMC is the largest US-based advocacy organization of Indian American Muslims. It was registered in Washington, D.C. in 2002 as a tax-exempt non-profit. It has chapters across the country with thousands of members.

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This week’s #IndiaHumanRightsMonitor roundup by #iamcnews Story #1 Muslim man beaten to death by mob A 48-year-old Muslim man, Sheikh Tajuddin, died after being brutally beaten by a Hindu mob in Jharkhand. The family believes that he was attacked solely because of his Muslim identity. Story #2 Imam fined over $2300 for delivering Azaan In the aftermath of deadly police brutality against Muslim protesters in Sambhal, a 23-year-old Muslim imam has been fined over $2300 for using a loudspeaker at a mosque to give the Islamic call to prayer. Story #3 Hindu militants threaten violence against interfaith couple In Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh, Hindu militants protested against the post-wedding reception of an interfaith couple who had gotten married in the United States, calling their union a case of “love jihad.” Story #4 Hindu extremists harass Muslim vendors In Maharashtra’s Thane, Hindu extremists harassed Muslim fruit vendors, forcing them to show their ID cards and accusing them of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Story #5 Hindu militants put up hateful anti-Muslim posters In Gujarat ‘s Ahmedabad, Hindu militants from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal put up anti Muslim posters reading, “Run away, or we will chase you out. Bangladeshi jihadis, leave India.” Story #6 Hindu extremists call for removal Muslim musician's statue Hindu extremist groups including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal organized a protest in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad, demanding that a statue of a renowned Muslim tabla player be removed from the city. Story #7 Probe agency raids home of Muslim chicken vendor India’s federal probe agency raided the house of a Muslim chicken vendor in Bihar’s Sitamarhi. After searching the entire house at 4:00 am, the vendor was taken into custody and interrogated for five hours. Story #8 Hindu monk boasts shutting down churches At an event in Rajasthan’s Banswara, a Hindu monk boasted about targeting Christian places of worship. He claimed he had shut down 10-15 churches, filed cases against priests, and jailed 80 of Christians.
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