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Slide REPORT Annual Report: Human Rights and Religious Freedom in India (2024) Human rights and religious freedom in India continued to deteriorate throughout 2024, as documented in an annual report of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) released today. Read More keyboard_arrow_left keyboard_arrow_right Slide Muslims Boycotted INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR Kashmiri civilian killed by Indian Army after allegedly ignoring checkpoint The truck was chased for 23 kilometers, after which security forces claimed that they opened fire, targeting the vehicle’s tires. Kashmiri leaders, however, have cast doubt on this story, questioning how aiming at the tires resulted in the killing of Mir.
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Slide Muslim shrine INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR Locals demolish structure over Muslim shrine in Uttar Pradesh The order comes following a complaint by BJP lawmaker Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar, who alleged that it was constructed without permission. The police also booked 100 people for their involvement in the construction.
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Slide Zakia Jafri PRESS RELEASE IAMC mourns passing of towering human rights champion and Gujarat pogrom survivor Zakia Jafri Jafri, who passed away on February 1 at the age of 86, was a witness and survivor of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom. During the violence, Narendra Modi, then serving as Chief Minister of Gujarat, reportedly ordered law enforcement to stand down as Hindu militant mobs massacred around 2,000 Muslims. 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 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.

Our Objectives

Pluralism, Tolerance and Respect

To promote the common values of pluralism, tolerance, and respect for human rights that form the basis of the world’s two largest secular democracies – the United States and India.

Interfaith and Inter-community Understanding

To work towards increasing inter-faith and inter-community understanding in the United States, with particular focus on the Indian Diaspora with a view to safeguard individuals and societal institutions from infiltration by divisive and hate-filled ideologies.

Education and Awareness

To provide a platform for increasing education and awareness about issues of interest to the Indian community in the United States.

Alliances and Relationships

To build alliances and relationships with all individuals and groups who share our basic values, in order to work together for achieving the above objectives.

Responsible Voice

To provide a responsible voice for the Indian Muslim Diaspora in the United States in their quest for all of the above objectives.

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