This article examines how puritanical, literalist, and intolerant interpretations of the Quran have contributed to Islamophobia and explores the scholarly arguments advocating for more contextual, pluralist, and human rights-based readings…
Religious leaders in India hold a position of significant influence, especially within Muslim communities, where the mosque has historically served as not only a place of worship but also as…
“ Yeh do din ka kya maajra ho gayaKi jangal ka jangal hara ho gaya “ The most important outcome of the results of the recent parliamentary elections in India…
It is indeed ironical that the Muslim vote is accorded so much importance during elections in India. Numerically, do they really carry any importance? Politically, do they really matter? Of…
During the election season, there is a debate going on between the BJP and the Congress as to who has the first right on the country's resources. However, it’s an…
by Mohammad Adil and Saima Zafar Noted Indian-origin American psychoanalyst, Dr Salman Akhtar in his research paper titled “Mental Pain of Minorites”, defines ‘minority’ somewhat different from traditional definitions. The…
Alleviation of Poverty-I The present understanding of ‘education’ – both of the community and its leadership – is that of the model exemplified by the Aligarh Movement of Sir Syed…
As the 2024 General Elections are looming on the horizon some Muslim elite are appealing to Muslim community to give a relook at BJP They claim that Indian Muslims are…
Introduction In 2002, at a difficult period for secular India, a horrific tragedy took place. a terrible episode of targeted murder, particularly of Muslims, that occurred when Gujarat's chief minister,…
Abstract: The current situation in India is attributed as a sorrowful subject. As the debate around Hindus and Muslims, Islam and Western have become ever-more relevant in contemporary politics and…
Adjectives such as intolerant, rigid, and incompatible are often associated with Islam. It has been part of usual propaganda carried without context, with vested political motives, and half-baked assertions. It…
The present state of Muslims in India and elsewhere in the world is so beautifully captured in the following poignant words of one of the most celebrated contemporary Muslim intellectuals,…
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