(There aren’t many people reading this blog these days (am I becoming senile?) Those who have stuck around, please help discuss this very important issue.) Muslims in India are very poorly represented in the upper part of the ladder of education and the upper niche of the societies due to many internal and external reasons. [...]
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What Can be Done?
Posted in India, Mosque, tagged appeasement, bjp, congress, dialogue, discussion, economics, education, fanaticsm, fascism, freedom of speech, hatred, India, insult, justice, minority appeasement, mitigation, muslims, nazism, racism, riots, rss, sachar, sachar committee, slander, vhp, vote bank, vote bank politics on August 28, 2007 | 27 Comments »
Qurratulain Hyder
Posted in Art, India on August 27, 2007 | 14 Comments »
I never knew about her, until Raza. And then Pakistaniat(Raza again). My impression- she must be a Pakistani writer. (UPDATE(clarification): because there’s nothing visible in India) Then along came 3quarksdaily. That shook me from my torpor. Hell- 3QD is not a culture blog. It’s basically a science blog. And a very high profile one at [...]
The Muslim Jesus
Posted in Islam, News, Religion, tagged dialogue, Islam, islamophobia, jesus, jesus christ, Muslim, muslim jesus, muslims, terrorism, uk, understanding on August 23, 2007 | 5 Comments »
(The Christian Jesus) This is a bit crazy post. Please pardon me. 1. The Muslim Jesus 2. The Muslim Jesus 3. The Muslim Jesus 4. The Muslim Jesu 6. The Muslim Jesus The ITV documentary Muslim Jesus.
Religious Leaders
Posted in Articles, Islam, tagged clash, dialogue, education, ego, fanaticism, India, Islam, Mosque, moulana, Muslim, muslims, sharia, ulema, understanding on August 22, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The Shari’a as it is, has some flaws. It has to be adapted to the modern situation keeping the principles intact. For example the Shari’a does not address the issue of computers and internet very coherently. In my opinion, these laws should not be formulated by people who studied Islam just because they did not [...]
Vandalism
Posted in Extremism, India, Investigation, tagged bal thakaray, ban, biased media, book burning, fanaticism, fascism, freedom of speech, hatred, hindu, India, maharashtra, media, Muslim, nazism, outlook, preaching, rss, shame, shiv sena, tv, tv news, vhp on August 19, 2007 | 8 Comments »
But for this post, I wouldn’t have known about the latest achievement of Shiv Sena. Why isn’t this front page?
Happy Birthday, India
Posted in India on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hope…
The Fall of Muslim Spain
Posted in History, west on August 14, 2007 | 31 Comments »
I read about the history of Muslim spain long time ago, but I was not very sure about how the fall came about. I think now I have a better idea. But before I get into the history, let me recount an experience. I was talking to an ultra-orthodox friend of mine. He told me [...]
Ban the Qur’an
Posted in Islam, Politics, Religion, west on August 8, 2007 | 12 Comments »
This is funny.
Asia’s water reservoir drying up
Posted in Environment on August 7, 2007 | 6 Comments »
“South Asia is struggling to deal with the worst monsoon flooding in living memory but as mountain glaciers up north slowly vanish, drought in the future promises an even greater misery. Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng travelled to the Tibetan plateau to witness first-hand the impact of climate change on an area known as the [...]
Al Jazeera English Banned in India
Posted in News on August 5, 2007 | 7 Comments »
“The approach was emblematic of al-Jazeera English’s general attempt to change the climate of television journalism” -Mark Lawson ———————————- Ever since it’s launch, Al Jazeera English has seen abundant applauses and controversies. There is little doubt that it differs in it’s attitude and point of view from the other major TV News media outlets- BBC [...]
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