By Grace Mubashir Arakkal Swaroopam (Kingdom) was the only Muslim ruling dynasty in Kerala. It was a full-fledged country that resisted colonial invasions and lingered…
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Category: Moderate Islam
From Religious to Secular Education: How Kerala Muslims Adopted Modern Education – Part 2
By Grace Mubashir Contemporary Developments On the basis of the realization that the social progress of the nation is possible through the education of all…
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From Religious to Secular Education: How Kerala Muslims Adopted Modern Education – Part 1
By Grace Mubashir Embracing Modern Education In 1909, the time when the Malabar Collector was ruling in Kozhikode office. While checking the files, Collector Francis…
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Message Of Hajj: Never Lose Faith In Lord And Fight Against Devil
By Grace Mubashir The Holy Qur’an described Mecca as the ‘Mother of Villages’ (Umm al-Qura), where the Ka’ba, the centre of Islamic civilization, is located.…
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Tipu Sultan and the Modernisation of Kerala
By Grace Mubashir Tipu Sultan was an important ruler of the Mysore Kingdom that grew in southern India in the late 1700s. It was his…
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Tipu’s Religious Policy In Kerala
By Grace Mubashir One subject that has been heavily criticized by history books is the religious policy implemented by Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore,…
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Tipu’s Role In The Development Of Trade And Industry In Malabar
By Grace Mubashir The commercial and industrial sector is the major area that marked Tipu Sultan’s role in the modernization of India. The progress in…
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Reforms in Muslim Family and Personal Laws
By Grace Mubashir Islam’s law of inheritance is once again under discussion. Debates for and against Sharia law in general and inheritance law in particular…
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Division of Inheritance and Islamic Family System
By Grace Mubashir The Holy Qur’an (Al-Hadid 25) has declared that at various stages of history, messengers were appointed with clear messages, and the Books and…
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What Is Arabic-Malayalam: Has It Alienated Malayali Muslims from Their Local Culture and Literature, Or Can It Be Considered an Embodiment of Syncretic Pluralism?
By Grace Mubashir Arabic-Malayalam is the way of writing Malayalam language in Arabic. There are twenty-eight letters in Arabic. Only fifteen of them can be…
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