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Women’s Reservation Bill: What It Means For Muslim Representation?

by Guest Post

Women’s Reservation Bill was a big hope for Muslim women whose presence is almost negligible in the Indian political system. Need of the hour is that Muslims should now come forward and sincerely discuss the issue of their presence in the Indian politics. Today Muslims have lost their reserved percentage in the Women’s Reservation Bill and in the coming time there are fair chances that the number of Muslims may go down if the accommodating nature of the top Muslim political leaders continues.

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Women Who Dared

by Asghar Ali Engineer

There are instances where women have dared where men chicken out or ‘weaker’ women have proved to be morally much stronger.These women are also all illiterate and grass root workers. Their humanism is very much alive and are free of communal prejudices.They proved to be more of human being than Hindu, Christian or Muslim.

Muslim Women Of Malabar

by Kashif

Malabar Muslim women may be dressed- traditional, modern, or religious- Mappila women cannot be ignored. Until recently, a section of ulama were opposed to women’s education but people’s attitude changed and now the same group of traditional ulama have set up an engineering college with a women’s hostel attached. Times have changed.

Islamic Shariah In The Western World

by Asghar Ali Engineer

Does Islamic Shariah fits into the western society?

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Islam, Globalization And Challenges

by Asghar Ali Engineer

A comment on how Islamic societies are coping up with the increasingly globalized world.

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Rethinking Islam And Hinduism

by Guest Post

In this time of heightened tensions between Hindus and Muslims, there is a need to rethink the two religions.

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The Nuclear Deal and the Desperation

by Seema Mustafa

The Manmohan Singh’s desperation for nuclear deal may just add to Congress’ woes

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Indian Muslim Community Discourses: Continuities, Changes and Challenges

by Yoginder Sikand

Is the Muslim problem in India a religious one or a socio-economic one?

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Two Poems On Gujarat Violence

by Guest Post

by Ashok Gupta  

In the memory of 2000 men women and children killed in the state led genocide of Gujarat in 2002 and 200,000 who lost their homes and dignity.
Shame
I should be ashamed
of raising issues that divide
-they say.

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Observations on Gujarat

by Kashif

In my short life as a journalist I have made lot of friends and one of those friends is Lucknow based Hindi journalist Nasiruddin Haider Khan. He writes truthfully on what he observes and feels. Recently he was in Gujarat before the polls and wrote four articles about what he observed there.
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