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Mevlana Rumi: Ecstasy And Order
2007-10-02 20:16:00
Guest Post by Syed Salman Chishty The 30th of September this year marks the 800th birth anniversary of one of the greatest Sufi mystic poet of Islam , Mevelana Hazrat Jalaluddin Rumi . In honor of Mevlana?s 800th birthday, UNESCO has declared 2007 to be the Year of Mevlana ? a year of love and understanding. The name ...
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Ajmer Sharif: The Sufi Spirit
2007-09-30 07:44:00
Guest Post by Syed Salman Chishty The 21st of July (6th Rajab hijri) this year marked the 795th (hijri) Urs or death anniversary of the greatest mystic saint of the India n sub-continent, Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. Devotees and pilgrims from all over the world converge at the Dargah sharif in Ajmer to pay their respect. Hazrat Khwaja ...
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Terrorism: Is Exporting Indian Islam The Solution?
2007-09-27 20:35:00
Mirza Faisal Beg and Mohib Ahmad co-authored this article for India n National Interest. Please visit the INI website to post a comment so as to keep the entire discussion at one place. The pre-requisite of finding an impactful solution is to first understand the problem. Nitin Pai, identifies the problem as ?radical Islam ? and offers a ...
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Dara Shikoh?s ?Two Oceans?: Book Review
2007-09-25 20:30:00
Sufism, or Islam ic mysticism, provides rich resources for developing theologies of inter-faith dialogue and solidarity, an urgent necessity in today’s world where talk of a global ‘clash of civilisations’ threatens to become a frightening reality. In this regard, the works of numerous India n Sufis is particularly significant because they lived and wrote in a multi-religious ...
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Hame aapka ?jee jaan? nahi chahiye
2007-09-24 21:17:00
India-Pakistan Twenty 20 world cup final would be a dream come true for millions on this globe. And nothing could have surpassed the tense final moments of the final match. When Misbah tossed the ball of Joginder Sharma, many heart stopped beating. The catch by Sreesaanth put the heart beat back for Indians and perhaps ...
More About: Sports , Shoaib Malik

India Win Twenty 20 World Cup
2007-09-24 19:48:00
This news definitely deserves a post even if it means straying away from our regular topics. India has won the inaugural Twenty 20 World Cup at Johannesburg defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by 5 runs. Finally cricket-lovers had a deserving final match in a big tournament with the game swinging like pendulum till the very end. It ...
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?They don?t have those brains?
2007-09-22 21:08:00
Surprisingly the Muslims are not producing hate literature like this. They don?t have those brains. They don?t have those brains. They have their sword. They know that once they are in a majority like Kashmir, they?ll either convert or finish off. So they believe in brute force. Unko itna dimag bhi nahin hain. Aur jisnay bhi ...
More About: Humor , Satire , Brains

Madrasa Reforms: A Leading Maulana?s Plea
2007-09-22 00:52:00
The media might portray them as vehemently opposed to change, but that is not quite an apt description of the India n ulema as a class. Here, as elsewhere, such banal generalizations are quite unwarranted. In recent years, in fact, a number of ulema associated with leading Indian madrasas have been advocating reform, both in the ...
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Another phatwa
2007-09-20 17:59:00
The barely-based Daarul-Ifta-Manjar-e-Islam has acted against Salman after the actor took part in the Ganesh Puja celebrations in Mumbai. The organisation said unless Salman reads the Kalmas all over again, he would not be considered a Muslim. The order was issued as Islam prohibits all kinds of idol worship. CNN-IBN reports Few things- 1. How many people actually are ...
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Double-faced Maharashtra govt saving killer cops
2007-09-19 23:28:00
The Congress Chief Minister promises action on Sri Krishna Commission’s recommendations but his police department shamelessly files an affidavit in the High Court on Tuesday that there was no need for action against cops charged with killing innocent Muslims at Hari Masjid in 1993. Now contrast this with Mayawati, who may be termed whimsical but has ...
More About: Politics , India , Double , Killer , Maharashtra

The Battle of Badr and Fate of 1.2 Billion Muslims
2007-09-19 20:20:00
The Battle of Badr was the first Muslim resistance against the Arab pagans. It was March 624, Muslim army consisting of ?Ansars, host from Medina? and the Meccan exiles, against the powerful and arrogant Quraish, the lord of Mecca. This daring was not for pride, glory or kingship, this unequal battle was fought for a ...
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Journeying Into Mysticism
2007-09-19 17:38:00
Guest Post by Raza Rumi I turn my face towards the monsoon breeze and lament that I?m in Delhi for work. How will I manage the sightseeing agenda? The faint scent of champa flowers seems hauntingly familiar and I?m reminded of Lahore. Despite my efforts, visa hassles and my non-Indo-Pak-peace-brigade status have prevented this journey from ...
More About: India , Culture , Heritage , Featured , Mysticism

Equal Opportunity Commission: Is It Desirable?
2007-09-18 15:52:00
The Sacchar Committee Report also recommends setting up of an equal opportunity commission to redress many of grievances minority community has. The Report says, ? The Committee recommends that an Equal opportunity Commission (EOC) should be constituted to look into the grievances of the deprived groups.? Explaining the need for such a commission the Report says, ...
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What about grooms for Muslim girls in orphanages?
2007-09-15 21:17:00
It’s an old problem. Muslim girls in the Homes for Destitutes and Orphanages who don’t get proposals from Muslim youths in the society. They don’t have much choices. Either they remain unmarried. Or get married to non-Muslims but in this situation there is a great hue and cry from the Muslim society. In the State government’s ...
More About: Society , Islam , India , Girls

Three Maulanas and Madrasas: Interviews
2007-09-11 15:12:00
We present here three interviews of well-known Maulanas over the issues of Madrasas and allegations against them and on inter-communal harmony. The three Maulanas are Maulana Asrar ul-Haq Qasmi, a graduate of the Deoband madrasa, is the founder and director of the Delhi-based All-India Ta’limi-o Milli Foundation. Maulana Saeed ur-Rahman is the principal of the renowned Nadwat ...
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Fear, Or Fear Of The Fear?
2007-09-10 23:16:00
Guest Post by Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad Once again the memory of that fateful Black Tuesday is upon us. For those who lost their loved one on September 11, the memory is irascible. For the rest of us who escaped that day?s horror, it is beginning to look - year after year -like yet another day. The ...
More About: Terrorism , World , Iraq War , Anniversary , Fear

Introduction To Islam In Contemporary India
2007-09-09 11:47:00
The immediate provocation for this article comes from reports that 300 Muslim couples in Sultanpur have been asked to remarry because they attended a funeral led by a Maulana belonging to another sect. While such an attitude may seem holier-than-thou to some, it is of utmost importance to many others. This issue also provides a ...
More About: Islam , India , Wahhabi , Deobandi , Introduction

Masturat Trust: An Oasis Of Hope In Gujarat
2007-09-08 09:22:00
In Partnership With TwoCircles.net After the 2002 communal riots of Gujarat , while the politicians were busy reaping the benefits of the violence and hatred that they had unleashed, and the media was busy writing about it, it was left to a few individuals like Mehrunisa Mansuri, resident of Juhapura - on of the communal cauldrons of ...
More About: India , Hope , Trust , Oasis

His Lordship, Have mercy on this nation
2007-09-06 22:21:00
The Liberhan commission has just got another extension, 41st ever since it was constituted to look into the demolition of Babri Masjid, 15 years ago. Though we are told that now the inquiry has almost completed, there is still no certainty when the commission’s report will be out, when it it is going to be tabled ...
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Picture Of The Day: Indian Nazi Party
2007-09-06 02:30:00
Three and a half questions: 1.) Is it okay to associate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with Nazis just because he took help from Hitler to liberate India from the Britishers? More importantly, does the end justifies the means? 2.) Does banning the Nazi party infringes upon the freedom of expression (in American context, the First Amendment)? 3.) Why ...
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Some Questions Related To Muslims And India
2007-09-04 22:03:00
By Nasiruddin Haider Khan By writing this I am taking the risk of being labeled by my friends. Some will try to put me into one stereotype mould or another. This is a risk worth taking for the questions that I have on my mind. After every bomb blast or terrorist incident, security ?experts,? analysts and media channels repeat similar things that people accept as the gospel truth. However, I have many questions and doubts that need to be cleared before I can accept the explanations given by these ?experts.? Maybe these are not questions. Maybe I am just curious or have some doubts in my mind. Q1. Why is it, that even after receiving information about impending bomb blasts, security agencies are unable to stop them?
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The Caricature of Words: Jihad and Islamic
2007-09-03 17:23:00
Words have an inherent power on the reader and a common meaning of their usage is essential to have a fruitful communication. Its need increases exponentially in times of misunderstanding. In such scenarios language should assist in removing the conflict instead of increasing it. The spate of articles and news pieces across the globe having ...
More About: Islam , Islamic , Journalism , Words , Jihad

Thank you, Mr. Daniel
2007-09-01 15:26:00
Daniel is a regular reader at IM. But the problem is that he on most, almost all, occasion he fails to understand the topic. We really appreciate his efforts; the pain he takes to read a topic which is not even related to him and above all he takes the pain to ...
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Hindu Students Studying Quran In A Madrasah
2007-08-30 23:47:00
In Partnership With TwoCircles.net Patna: Madrasa Madinat-ul Islam is just like any other Madarsa in India . But a few students make this Madarsa different and very special. These students are Ashish Vidyarthi and Hemlata. They are the children of Mr. Dilip Kumar Chaudhury, an Indian Railway employee. Ashish is 6-years-old and Hemlata is 9-years-old. They are studying ...
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Rediff waali Sheela Maam
2007-08-29 16:23:00
I never heard her name before. She is actually a Managing Editor at our darling, rediff.com. I wonder how managing editors rediff has in their ranks but she definitely does deserves a mention here. To begin with The three injured, who were taken from the hospital to a police station, were two engineering students ...
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Terrorists Strike Again At Hyderabad
2007-08-29 15:43:00
submit_url = 'http://indianmuslims.in/terrorists-strik e-again-at-hyderabad/';Four months after bomb blasts in Mecca Masjid terrorists struck again in Hyderabad in the evening of 25th August at around 7.50 p.m. just when I started to go to Hyderabad airport after conducting workshops on peace and communal harmony and learnt about these blasts on reaching the airport around 8.20 p.m. It ...
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Ding Dong, K2 is gone
2007-08-29 10:36:00
IMB is finally free from the clutches of K2 which had enslaved us ever since this blog came into existence. It was a voluntary enslavement because there weren’t any better options. (OK, now don’t read too much into the line..I know many of you would ) We are really excited to bring to you a ...
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Twin Blasts Rip Hyderabad: 36 Killed, 40 Injured
2007-08-25 23:33:00
The merchants of darkness have stuck yet again. They have targeted the city of Hyderabad again within three months of the blasts at Makkah Masjid. At least 34 people have been killed in two blasts, minutes apart, in the southern India n city of Hyderabad, officials say. One explosion rocked an amusement park, killing at least nine people, ...
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Its cool to be a Muslim
2007-08-24 00:02:00
A new generation is emerging. Young, happening, educated individuals and yet very much Muslim s. While sitting recently with a group of young savvy?s discussing travel, the dialogue went all the road encircling our communication, and then someone mentioned Islam , I kept quiet to see their reaction, but with authority and details infact with much easiness ...
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Partition: The Day India Burned - BBC Documentary
2007-08-23 17:47:00
Watch the entire series here
More About: India , Documentary , Pakistan , Partition , The D