Author: Ramashray Upadhyay
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 286
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788129114280
Description
Indian Muslims in a Whirlpool is a well researched book, which captures the essence of the author’s lifelong quest for mainstreaming the Indian Muslims. It reflects, in brief,on most of the prominent Indian Muslim related organizations and issues, which are linked with the Islamic revival movement. The author has tried to compile all the prominent issues that have a bearing on the communal conflict in the country.
In the absence of any scope for reinterpretation of religion for democratic, secular, scientific, industrial and modern society, the larger majority of Indian Muslims do not see beyond mosques and madrasas. Due to the assertive insistence of Islamic clerics on a separate Muslim identity, Indian Muslims have been suffering from a malady of hate and divisive politics of the ruling class. Initially, they became the victims of Muslim Indians who had converted them for their self-seeking interest and subsequently of the political class in their politics of vote arithmetic. The present book is an effort to discuss almost all the issues, which the Muslim Indians raised to misguide the Indian Muslims. The authentic quotes from prominent writers, in particular from those of Muslims, hope to stir the conscience of Muslim scholars for launching an intellectual jihad and free the Indian Muslims from the siege of Muslim Indians, which is the only answer to the Hindu-Muslim problem.
Contents
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
PART – I
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF POLITICAL ISLAM
1. Sufi Movement for Propagation of Islam
2. Jihad
3. Islamic Terrorism
PART – II
INSTITUTIONALISED MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMI REVIVALISM
4. Madrasa Movement
5. Islamic Institutions
6. Aligarh Movement
7. The Urdu Movement
PART – III
ORGANISATIONAL MOVEMENTS FOR ISLAMI REVIVALISM
8. All India Muslim League (AIML)
9. Jami’ at –ul-Ulama-i-Hind
10. Allama Iqbal
11. Tabligh Jamaat
12. Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH)
13. All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat
14. Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)
PART – IV
OTHER ISSUES OF CONCERN
15. Muslim Personal Law
16. Muslim Women in India: Victims of Medievalism?
17. Fatwa
18. Myth of Islamic Brotherhood
19. Waqf (Charitable Islami Trust)
20. Muslim Infiltration from Bangladesh
21. Muslim-baiting Politics
22. Muslims and Indian Communists
23. Conclusion
Notes
Index