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LUCKNOW, India — An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities under new legislation ...

(The Conversation) — The Indian prime minister made reference to communities that have “too many children” in a veiled reference to Muslims. (The Conversation) — The world’s largest election is ...

The Assam state in India’s north-eastern region has decided to repeal a British-era law that allowed Muslims to register marriage and divorce according to their religious customs. The move, Muslim ...

Hindutva activism has plunged to a new low in India. On February 17, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), which is affiliated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Muslims accuse Modi’s right-wing nationalist party of pursuing a Hindu agenda that discriminates against them and directly imposes laws interfering with their faith. LUCKNOW, ...