Arshad Alam

Arshad Alam

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  • Song Sung Blueย 

    Whatever be Mr ArjunSingh's motivations in 2006, this time aroundit is the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind -- or more correctly, the struggle over its leaders

    BY Arshad Alam ๊งŸ 7 June 2017

  • AMUโ€™s Family Problem

    ๐Ÿ…ฐRather than providing avenues and spaces which can promote critical thinking and a questioning attitude towards issues of hierarchy and gender bias, AMU actually ends up reinforcing it.

    BY Arshad Alam ๊ฆฏ 12 November 2014

  • Madrasa Myths

    ๐Ÿ˜ผSakshi Maharaj, the BJP MP from Unnao, is only reiterating the long held beliefs of his party on madrasas. But for those who still have some regard for facts, here are some

    BY Arshad Alam ๐Ÿ’ 14 September 2014

  • 'Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.'

    That is what the BJP's minority affairs minister had to say when questioned about the outrage perpetrated by the Shiv Sena MPs in the heart of Delhi. Where's the justice? Who is being appeased?

    BY Arshad Alam เน„ 24 July 2014

  • How To Break A University

    ๐ŸŽThe dictatorial and anti-academic attitude of the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia has neither attracted media attention nor elicited any discussion within the teaching community

    BY Arshad Alam ๐ŸŽ 23 May 2013

  • Exempted Futures

    ๊ฆšWhy is there a deafening sound of silence at the ease with which the government capitulated to the demand for exempting madrasas from the provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act?

    BY Arshad Alam โ™Ž 10 August 2011

  • The Politics Of Deoband

    ๐ŸŒƒWe need to understand Deoband first if we wish to view the recent controversy regarding Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi in perspective.

    BY Arshad Alam ๐’ˆ” 27 July 2011

  • The Grand Minority Status

    ๐Ÿ’ฎA whole range of self-appointed guardians of Muslims took it upon themselves to turn Jamia Millia University into a minority institution. Did they even think through the implications?

    BY Arshad Alam ๐ŸŒœ 6 April 2011

  • Smash These Idols

    Muslims in the Arab world have had enough of their dictators. One hopes that l'affaire Vastanvi would lead to Indian Muslims in general and Deoband students in particular to start articulating a similar demand

    BY Arshad Alam ๐ŸŒณ 30 January 2011

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