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Javed Anand
The writer is general secretary, Muslims for Secular Democracy, and co-editor, ‘Communalism Combat’
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Javed Anand writes: How Zakir Naik feeds IslamophobiaSubscriber Only
October 19, 2024 13:15 IST
Naik promotes a particularly sick brand of misogyny and hate of all religions other than Islam. Well-meaning secular Hindus who speak up for the rights of the badgered Muslim minority but are silent on challenging the Muslim Right circuitously end up propping Islamophobia.
Sat, Oct 19, 2024
Javed Anand writes | Why Muslims should have gifted away the Babri Masjid: The mandir that could have beenSubscriber Only
January 20, 2024 07:15 IST
Ayodhya was just a station on the way; Hindu Rashtra the final destination. Couching this as a Hindu-Muslim conflict works to the great advantage of the Sangh Parivar
Sat, Jan 20, 2024
Javed Anand writes: Of course, UCC is reform but look who’s talkingSubscriber Only
July 08, 2023 10:47 IST
Muslim women need freedom from patriarchs of Indian Islam -- but their problems are not limited to a discriminatory family law. Ask the hate brigade
Mon, Jul 10, 2023
Journey of the Indian Muslim: A betrayal from withinSubscriber Only
June 03, 2023 06:30 IST
Another India’ challenges academics such as Mushirul Hasan, Ashutosh Varshney, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Ramachandra Guha in whose works the Nehru years come across as a “golden age” for Indian Muslims
Sat, Jun 03, 2023
Supreme Court verdict on hijab: Split wide openSubscriber Only
October 13, 2022 19:04 IST
Javed Anand writes: Why it leaves me, a Left-Liberal, at odds with me, a Progressive Muslim
Fri, Oct 14, 2022
Javed Anand writes: Reading RSS chief’s remarks — The vishwaguru fantasySubscriber Only
June 19, 2022 18:33 IST
Javed Anand writes: Mohan Bhagwat's homilies on manavta run parallel to Hindutva’s continuing onslaught on minorities
Mon, Jun 20, 2022
What is at stake in the hijab issueSubscriber Only
February 18, 2022 03:18 IST
Javed Anand writes: Secularists must support rights of Muslims in an increasingly Islamophobic world, but they should be wary of strengthening the Muslim right in the process
Fri, Feb 18, 2022
It is not criticism by moderate Muslims that fuels IslamophobiaSubscriber Only
October 12, 2021 03:34 IST
Javed Anand writes: It is fuelled when they are silent about the unsavoury words and deeds of some Muslim individuals and organisations.
Wed, Oct 13, 2021
On RSS reassurances to Muslim, deeds matter more than wordsSubscriber Only
September 17, 2021 03:40 IST
Javed Anand writes: Bitter past experience reveals the yawning gulf between the utterances and promises of the RSS and its affiliates on the one hand, and their performances on the other.
Sat, Sep 18, 2021
The moderate Muslim must address the reality of many lived IslamsSubscriber Only
November 06, 2020 03:00 IST
The moderate Muslim must not seek to explain away violence in the name of Islam with whataboutery, but must face up to the problems with lived Islam.
Fri, Nov 06, 2020
Already rampant communal virus in India is gleefully piggy-back riding on coronavirusSubscriber Only
April 04, 2020 00:05 IST
The Tablighi Jamaat is by no means the only body culpable of gross neglect and irresponsible conduct in the current crisis. But it must account for its own idiotic role in the escalation of the pandemic.
Sat, Apr 04, 2020
Muslims are protesting not because their religion is in danger, but for the imperilled ConstitutionSubscriber Only
January 20, 2020 03:30 IST
The protest this time is not faith-based, there is no gender segregation. Muslim men and women are out there alongside all others. Yes, there are Muslim women in burqas and hijabs. But also there in large numbers are women who “don’t look like Muslims”.
Mon, Jan 20, 2020
Listen, Mister Muslim. You are rightly upset with the Ayodhya verdict as it puts faith above lawSubscriber Only
November 14, 2019 01:00 IST
Let’s recognise our own complicity in becoming the convenient ‘Other’ for Hindu nationalists
Thu, Nov 14, 2019
Courts of injusticeSubscriber Only
July 30, 2018 00:05 IST
Alternative legal redress systems are needed and welcome. But, as debate in the UK has shown, sharia councils are the preserves of clerics who are intolerant of women’s equality and rights.
Mon, Jul 30, 2018
For and againstSubscriber Only
May 15, 2018 01:00 IST
Those opposing Jinnah’s portrait share an ideological heritage with him: An exclusive idea of nationhood.
Tue, May 15, 2018
Liberals in majoritarian timesSubscriber Only
April 04, 2018 00:05 IST
Liberal democrats owe it to themselves to choose their words and fora responsibly.
Wed, Apr 04, 2018
Adding law to injurySubscriber Only
December 18, 2017 02:38 IST
New law criminalising triple talaq may not be in best interests of Muslim women. Solution lies elsewhere
Mon, Dec 18, 2017
Saudis on the moveSubscriber Only
November 01, 2017 00:05 IST
But it is not yet clear if the headline-grabbing decrees will add up to reform or mirage
Wed, Nov 01, 2017
The Big LiesSubscriber Only
September 01, 2017 00:56 IST
US conservatives made Trump denounce hate. RSS can learn from them
Fri, Sep 01, 2017
Islam’s reform: Way to goSubscriber Only
July 19, 2017 00:02 IST
Can passages of the Quran be cherry-picked — to embrace what is appealing and to skirt around what is not ? That is the question
Wed, Jul 19, 2017
Some personal questionsSubscriber Only
April 28, 2017 00:10 IST
Need to ask, on sidelines of triple talaq debate: Is polygamy constitutionally valid? Is it un-Quranic?
Fri, Apr 28, 2017
Battles in the bastiSubscriber Only
November 07, 2016 01:12 IST
Muslim women opposing triple talaq, polygamy face attack, but are fighting back.
Mon, Nov 07, 2016
Islam, ours and theirsSubscriber Only
October 20, 2016 00:26 IST
SC stand on triple talaq remains to be seen. But male monopoly over reading of Islam is under serious challenge.
Tue, Oct 25, 2016
Haji Ali will be reference point for similar cases involving rights of Muslim womenSubscriber Only
September 01, 2016 00:06 IST
Bombay HC’s verdict upholding the constitutional right of women to enter the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali dargah could serve as a “get real” signal to the custodians of Indian Islam.
Thu, Sep 01, 2016
Peddling A Gateway DrugSubscriber Only
July 07, 2016 00:02 IST
Across the Muslim world, Zakir Naik promotes religious prejudice, if not hatred.
Thu, Jul 07, 2016
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