Tag: Muslim

  • Another India: Rethinking Muslim Politics in Postcolonial India

    Another India: Rethinking Muslim Politics in Postcolonial India

    Pratinav Anil’s book, Another India, challenges the narrative of Nehruvian secularism protecting Muslims in post-1947 India, arguing that it favored silence and marginalization.

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  • In the Spirit of Fatima Al-Fihri

    In the Spirit of Fatima Al-Fihri

    In recent years, Fatima al-Fihri, may Allah be pleased with her, has acquired a mythological, folklore-like status as the “founder of the world’s oldest university.” The magazine Girlboss credits her with  “establishing the university as we know it today.” Oxford Reference and UNESCO recognize University of al-Qarawiyyin as “the oldest operating university in the world.”…

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  • Islamic Fiction in Malaysia: Q&A with Hilal Asyraf

    Islamic Fiction in Malaysia: Q&A with Hilal Asyraf

    The story is about a Malay Muslim warrior committed to helping the oppressed but remains nameless because he has never shared his name with others. At that time, the Malay Peninsula is ruled by a powerful Sultan that uses sihr (demonic magic) to stay young, invulnerable and possesses many superpowers. The story will lead readers…

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  • The Bond Between Islamic Civilization and Japanese Civilization: Manga

    The Bond Between Islamic Civilization and Japanese Civilization: Manga

    This is an English translation of an interview Dr. Naoki Yamamoto gave to Merve Yiğit for a Turkish magazine. It has been republished with the permission of Dr. Naoki Yamamoto and the magazine.

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  • A Slumbering Sojourn Toward the City of Lights

    A Slumbering Sojourn Toward the City of Lights

    I stand alone, on the edge of an abandoned campground, stupefied by the sight of ashes once bright. Shrouded in sheets of iron and shackles of pyrite, imprisonment has led to an all-consuming ache that has since seeped into the rivulets of my palms.

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