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Where Do Indian Muslims Go From Here?

From Moghul emperor Akbar to Bahadur Shah Zafar – the hero of India’s first war of independence, to Maulana Azad – the pre-eminent freedom fighter, to President APJ Abdul Kalam – the...

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Taare Zameen Par And Stereotyping Muslims

I had just finished writing my father’s name and address on the envelope. I was couriering a C.D. of the Amir Khan starrer Taare Zameen Par to my little sister back home. I also wrote my name...

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Seminar Report – Muslim Communities In India

Last week, I had the privilege of attending the national seminar on “Frontiers of Embedded Muslim Communities in South Asia” at Hyderabad Central University. It was a three day event, and...

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Neither ‘Hindu’ Nor ‘Muslim’ But A Bit of Both – Rajasthan’s Cheeta-Merats

65 year-old Naseeb Khan recently arranged for his son Prakash Singh to marry Sita, daughter of Ram Singh and his wife Reshma. Three months ago, Hemant Singh’s daughter Devi married Lakshman Singh in a...

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To Work Or Not To Work

The other day Pakistani model Mehreen Syed was quoted in the Hindustan Times, “I am a Syed. Hamare yahaan agar ladki kam karna chaahe toh marne katne ki naubt aa jaati hai.” I too am a...

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Terrorism – Islamic Or Un-Islamic?

In current times the popular perceptions in the major parts of the World including India, Islam and Muslims have become synonymous with terrorism. There is an act of blast, and the finger of suspicion...

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Protests Against Jodhaa Akbar – History And Community Honor

During January 2008, one has witnessed the acts of breaking glass panes, disrupting the screening of film Jodha Akbar, as a part of protests by sections of Rajput and Khsatriaya community against this...

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Many Rams – Many Ramayanas

The recent (Feb. 2008) rampage by ABVP activists in Delhi University protesting against the introduction of Ramanujan’s essay “Three Hundred Ramayana’s”, as the reading text, was not the first such act...

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Muslims In Europe: Perceptions Of Discrimination And Islamophobia – I

Syed Arif Ahmad In the late 1950s and 60s labour migration led to the establishment and growth of new Muslim communities in several EU Member States. Initially these immigrant communities were...

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Muslims Are In India’s Mainstream

The Muslim identity of India is a thoroughly Indian identity, very different from the Islamic identity of other Muslim countries. This unique Indo-Islamic identity has evolved over centuries of...

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