Tag Archives: mosque

Manufacturing ‘Terrorists’ The Indian Way

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Yoginder Sikand

The way government is conducting terrorism investigations might actually be exacerbating the problem. Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism | Tagged ATS, CID, confession, God, Gujarat, Hindutva, mosque, Muslim-terrorist, POTA, Terrorism | 35 Comments

Should Clerics Dominate The Nation’s Muslim Leadership?

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Kaleem Kawaja

Why the Indian Muslim is dominated by the clerics and should it continue? Continue reading →

Posted in Society | Tagged bjp, Education, hindu-muslim-unity, India, Islam, leadership-problems, madrasa, media, mosque, muslim, Terrorism | 47 Comments

A Historical Perspective On Indian Muslims

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Kaleem Kawaja

What have been the achievements and contributions of Indian Muslims through history? Continue reading →

Posted in Islam | Tagged Ain-e-Akbari, Akbar, Amir Khusro, Hindvi, Indo-Islamic Culture, mosque, Qawwali, Turks | 42 Comments

Remembering Babri Masjid

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Shama

Who had even heard of it? A nondescript little used mosque somewhere in the city of Ayodhya in central India. On 6 Dec 1992, Babri Masjid became the mosque that no one in India would ever forget, a national wound … Continue reading →

Posted in Fanatics, India, Politics | Tagged Ayodhya, Babri-Masjid, bjp, Communalism, Fundamentalism, Hindutva, History, India, mosque, mumbai, muslim, personal, UP | 8 Comments

Whose Mecca Is This?

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Inam Abidi Amrohvi

As I read this article on Yahoo recently, a sense of resignation hit me. Mecca’s hallowed skyline transformed: Excerpts The building boom is in some cases destroying Mecca’s historic heritage, not just overshadowing it. In 2002, Saudi authorities tore down … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged abdul-wahab, Islamic Heritage, Mecca, mosque, Prophet, quran, Wahhabism | 30 Comments

Young Muslim leadership from grass-roots

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Kashif

Syed Shahabuddin continue to impress me with his articles, he is one of the best living intellectual minds of Indian Muslims. About a year ago he restarted his publication “Muslim India.” If nothing else in that magazine, his editorial is … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Journalism, Politics | Tagged leadership-problems, Madarsah, mosque, muslim-politicians, muslim_community, muslim_india, partition, political_leadership, Sachar-committee, secularism, solutions, ulema | 12 Comments

Picture Of The Day: Muslim Girls At The Mosque

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Mohib Ahmad

Anyone who has gone to mosque to take Arabic lessons as a kid can identify with this pic. I love the way the girls are shying from a stranger with one of them peeping through an eye. The shot was … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Picture Of The Day | Tagged Agra, Madarsah, mosque | 7 Comments

Local Mosques As Schools

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Mohib Ahmad

Kashif Hoda offers a nice suggestion that small Madrasas attached with local mosques can double up as primary/secondary schools in India, considering the relatively lower literacy rate of Indian Muslims. Since most Muslim communities have a mosque and they are … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Society | Tagged Education, mosque | 2 Comments