Rays of hope amidst the darkness
Two news-reports from Friday, one heartening and one depressing. Read on: From “Muslims see Pak army role in attacks” (The Telegraph): Nearly 19 of 20 Indian Muslims believe what the Prime Minister said this...
Category: Islam & Reform
Shabana Azmi is right about one thing…
…Muslims need to look within their own community and build reforms within it. Last weekend, I finally managed to read the entire transcript of the Karan Thapar – Shabana Azmi interview and stumbled upon this bit...
Understanding Political Islam
Thanks to Krishen-ji for alerting me to this interview of Bill Warner, Director, Center for the Study of Political Islam (CSPI). CSPI is devoted to the scientific study of the foundational texts of Islam, including the Koran and...
Shantanu’s Believe It or Not!* – I
A new series starting today with two news items… “The central government will be sending a package for orphans of the slain militants. Scholarships and pension will be provided to them similar to the...
On Deoband Fatwa, Jihadi Roots and Terrorism
Excerpts from a great article by Prof Walid Phares, “The Deobandi Fatwa Against Terrorism Didn’t Treat the Jihadi Root” underscoring some of the points I had made in an earlier post (Thanks to Krishen-ji for...
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