Politicalpilgrim

Travels of a political pilgrim: Be it Kairana, Muzaffarnagar or Aligarh, India is headed towards multiple 'Partitions'

The nature of the partition need not always be territorial. India is heading towards multiple religious partitions in the midst of its cities and regions.

Travels of a political pilgrim: How bridging religious, worldly knowledge gap can reform Muslim education

The fundamental cause of Muslim backwardness in India is rooted in division of knowledge between deeni (religious) & duniyavi (worldly) taleem (education).

Travels of a political pilgrim: Should taxpayers be funding AMU’s imams, muezzins, theology department?

Intellectually, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is dead at the feet of excessive influence of Islam in its academic and social life.

Travels of a political pilgrim: Is rise of religiosity on AMU campus a precursor to another 'Partition'?

The rise of burqas and skullcaps on Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus could lead to another 'partition' of India, which need not be territorial.

Travels of a political pilgrim: Secularism versus communalism at election time

An article on the electoral politics in Uttar Pradesh, published in the Urdu Times of 7 February and written by one Muhammad Jaseemuddin Nizami, interprets the secularism-communalism debate by an interesting analogy

Travels of a political pilgrim: Separatism and integration in the time of Uttar Pradesh elections

With Uttar Pradesh in the thick of a tumultuous election it is necessary to decode the mind of its Muslim community - its anxieties, aspirations & impulses.

Travels of a political pilgrim: Madrassas play key role in inducing orthodoxy among Azamgarh's Muslims

Indian Muslims, including those of Azamgarh, need to come out of denial and understand that radicalism and their social backwardness are rooted in the teachings of religious organisations and Muslim intellectuals