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Jamaat-e-Islami

Al Jamia Al Islamiya: A Madrasa With a Difference

by Yoginder Sikand

Located at Santhapuram, a township in the Mallapuram district some eighty kilometers from Calicut, the Jamia al-Islamiya is one of the largest Islamic seminaries in Kerala. Established in 1955 by activists associated with the Kerala unit of the Jamaat-e Islami, and considerably expanded since then, the Jamia offers a wide range of courses and seeks to combine Islamic and modern subjects

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Socially Engaged Islam: A View From Kerala

by Yoginder Sikand

Unlike much of the rest of India, Islamic organizations in Kerala are heavily involved in various forms social activism, not limiting themselves simply to religious education and preaching or to petitioning the government for sops.

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Rethinking Kashmir Politics

by Yoginder Sikand

Every group related to the Kashmir issue presents worn out argument while the need of the hour is rethink the established notions.

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Hindu-Muslim Unity

by Yoginder Sikand

A historical speech by a leading Deobandi maulvi on Hindu-Muslim unity

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Maulana Maududi’s Terrifying Vision For Indian Muslims

by Ayub Khan

According to Maulana Maududi, the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, Indian Muslims were fair game for persecution.

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HT Creates “Terror Links”

by Kashif

Hindustan Times tries to prove a non-existent relationship between SIMI and Jamiat-e-Islami Hind.

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