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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Category: Moderate Islam
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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Were Mappilas Fanatics: Major Anti-Colonial Literature of Malabar Repudiate This Fallacy
By Grace Mubashir Malabar coast was at the forefront of the anti-colonial struggle. It began against the Portuguese and continued against Dutch savage colonialists. The…
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Anti-Blasphemy Terrorism in Pakistan in A Global Perspective: The Role Of ‘Deep State’ And Islamist Supremacist Ideology
By Grace Mubashir The army, the intelligence community, and/or other governmental organizations no longer make up Pakistan’s deep state. Religious groups across the nation are…
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75 Years Of Secular Politics: Indian Union Muslim League Shows The Path For Contemporary Muslim Politics In India
By Grace Mubashir Rahul Gandhi, in his visit to US in June, was dragged into controversy when he commented on Indian Union Muslim League. To…
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How Disability-Friendly Is Muslim Community?
By Grace Mubashir It is very interesting how Islam addresses disability. Islam discusses this issue and provides guidelines like no other culture or ideology. Islam…
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Ibn-e- Taymiyyah’s Jihad Fatwas Spawned Modern Radical Jihadism
By Grace Mubashir Ibn-e-Taymiyya’s 14th century Mardin Fatwas have been used by generations, Ibn-Abdul Wahhab in 18th century and modern radical Jihadis from latter part…
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Political Authority in Islamic Communities in Ibn Taymiyyan Discourse: A Hot Recipe for Islamic Terrorism
By Grace Mubashir The major motive of Islamic terrorism and radicalism is the underwhelming concept of the Muslim community as a political authority. The political…
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