Articles by: Abdulrahim P Vijapur

Towards Understanding Tradition and Modernity

Towards Understanding Tradition and Modernity

First of all, I think we should not categorize tradition and modernity as exclusive or contradictory terms. We cannot call any tradition as only (or exclusively) a tradition, devoid of modernity. For example, when Islam emerged as a new religion in the world, it rejected most (if not all) the previous existing traditions and presented/evolved itself as a harbinger of[Read More…]

by 21/02/2023 Comments are Disabled Life/Philosophy
Profiles of Freedom Fighters from Aligarh Muslim University

Profiles of Freedom Fighters from Aligarh Muslim University

The Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is celebrating the spirit of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” in 2022 to mark 75 years of India’s independence. It is well-timed and relevant to know that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has produced many freedom fighters who fought for independence. While we are celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, present-day India is going through[Read More…]

by 26/08/2022 Comments are Disabled India
Aligarh (Muslim University) – Legacy of Hindu-Muslim Amity

Aligarh (Muslim University) – Legacy of Hindu-Muslim Amity

Aligarh city in Uttar Pradesh is known for two things – the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the lock manufacturing industries. Aligarh is a university town, notable as the seat of AMU, which was founded here as Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College in 1975, initiating the Aligarh Movement. Sir Hamilton Gibb, who was an eminent Scottish Orientalist from England who taught[Read More…]

by 30/04/2022 Comments are Disabled Communal Harmony
Gender Equality in Islam and Muslim Women in India: An Agenda for Reforms

Gender Equality in Islam and Muslim Women in India: An Agenda for Reforms

Islam is one of the great religions of the world, whose followers are found in every country and continent. As an egalitarian belief system, it introduced the concepts of universal brotherhood and non-discrimination among Muslims on the ground of sex or race. Islam gave the women fundamental rights and championed all movements to improve the status of women, at a[Read More…]

by 07/11/2021 1 comment Patriarchy
Promoting Gender Equality and Rights of Women in India: A Study of CEDAW, MDGs and SDGs

Promoting Gender Equality and Rights of Women in India: A Study of CEDAW, MDGs and SDGs

 Introduction Though India had a distinction of electing a woman Prime Minister in 1966 (Mrs. Indira Gandhi) and an Indian (Mrs. Vijay Laxmi Pandit) became the first woman President of the UN General Assembly in 1953, the position of women in India is very low and their rights are rarely protected. Problems like dowry, sati or self-immolation of widows, child[Read More…]

by 10/03/2021 Comments are Disabled Patriarchy
Men wearing protective masks walk as they carry bags, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nizamuddin, area of New Delhi, India, March 31,  2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Tablighi Jamat (TJ) Should Focus on Learning Rather than Preaching in the post-Covid-19 World

Soon after independence, when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India saw on Delhi roads thousands of skull-capped bearded men in white robes, worryingly he asked the Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) to investigate who these people were, and whether there was any threat to the nation from them. After thorough investigation, the IB Director conveyed to him that there is[Read More…]

by 01/07/2020 Comments are Disabled Life/Philosophy
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