Amidst growing concern over the wave of fundamentalism in the Muslim world, it is necessary to note that orthodoxy still remains the dominant feature of Indian Islam. Orthodoxy shares two features with fundamentalism. It too idolises the ‘golden age’ of early Islam and rejects liberal Western values such as the … Read More
In the wake of the militant challenge to Prof Mushirul Hasan just because he has dared express doubt regarding the effectiveness of the ban on Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, there has arisen among Muslims in Patna a controversy on whether the central Islamic concept of kafir applies to Hindus in … Read More
Mr Salman Khurshid, deputy minister in the Union government, has made what is perhaps the most important statement in connection with the current trouble in Jamia Millia Islamia. He has said that liberals must be prepared to pay the price for what they say. Clearly, Mr Khurshid has made the … Read More
The panel discussion, organised by Newstrack, videomagazine of the India Today group, on Wednesday (May 27) on the current trouble in Jamia Millia Islamia, was too chaotic to have helped clarify issues. Militants, students as well as teachers were present in strength and they made orderly and fruitful discussion well … Read More
