In an age of unprecedented anti-Muslim lynching and violence against minorities in India, Islamophobic bigotry extends its arms into modern Indian State figures. Continue reading Hindu Nationalism: History, Ideology, Nation
India is globally known as a diverse country. Diversity is its chief characteristic. Thousands of languages, countless cultures and practices, different religions and faiths; every state and every district in the country boasts its uniqueness. Continue reading Minority Educational Issues in India
This is part two of a two-part series. “The evil that men do lives after them / the good is oft interred with their bones.” Continue reading Enoch Powell and the British Muslim
This is part one of a two-part series. Powell, and the eponymous political ideology that followed him have left an indelible impact upon the politics of the United Kingdom, and the national discourse on immigration in particular. Continue reading Powellism and Western Islam
In the spring of 2013, a debate on the legal status of the Shari’ah (Islamic law) in England and Wales took place in the British House of Commons. Continue reading The Modern Presence of Shari’ah in English Civil Law
Human rights might have universal affectations, but a closer look reveals that they are bound (quite tightly) by space and time. They are adopted by a variety of political actors who render them, frequently in different ways, palatable to indigenous sensibilities. Continue reading The BJP’s Right to Dominate Kashmir
Revolution, often affected through battered souls ambushed by endless hardship, has taken on a romantic flavor in history classes. Continue reading Can a Nonhumanitarian Ethics Address Economic Inequality?
Can natural law then be reasonably understood as a response to a secular human rights agenda that religious conservatives may see as inadequately equipped to the respond to the challenges modernity has created? Continue reading Provincializing Natural Law and Secular Human Rights
In recent years, the right wing’s increased outward animosity towards Islam and Muslims has driven Muslims to become disillusioned with the conservative Republican party. Continue reading Reconsidering the Liberal Asylum
This piece is the final part of a three part policy report on the secularization of the Muslim mind. Continue reading Countering the Assault of Secularization
