The mullahs and their followers have a nasty penchant for concocting bizarre conspiracy theories at the drop of a skull-cap but Vastanvi's naïve and untenable claims about Muslims in Gujarat stoked the agitation that now threatens to displace him
A campaign of calumny — with much exaggeration, sensation and alarm — starts, accusing Deoband's new vice-chancellor as being ‘guilty’ of the sin of ‘distributing idols’
BY Yoginder Sikand 23 January 2011
The new Deoband chief faces continued opposition, with the self-styled 'Shahi' Imam stepping in with a bizarre claim that ' Vastanvi was nudged by the Congress to issue his alleged pro-Modi statements'
BY Yoginder Sikand 23 January 2011
Darul Uloom's new chief's statements on his home state cause dissensions in, as the Deobandis call it, the ‘fortress of the faith’ and generate heated debate among ‘ordinary’ Muslims
BY Yoginder Sikand 20 January 2011
It's not just the state. The responsibility of Muslim organizations and leaders who claim to represent the Muslims, and to be spokesmen of Islam, cannot be ignored
BY Yoginder Sikand 19 January 2011
It's not just non-Muslims and sensible, liberal, progressive-minded Muslims who have problems with the 'Islamic Media' mogul Zakir Naik. His share of critics is now rapidly expanding to include a growing number of influential ‘Islamic’ clerics
BY Yoginder Sikand 13 January 2011
'Hindus and Muslims are totally separate nations. There is no doubt at all about this... India has a secular system, which we can under no condition accept'
BY Yoginder Sikand 27 October 2010
An analysis of Syed Ali Shah Geelani's <i>Kashmir: Nava-e Hurriyat </i> (“Kashmir: Voice of Freedom”) that provides insights into the man who has always supported the state’s accession to Pakistan and now finds himself at the centrestage of Kashmiri
BY Yoginder Sikand 25 September 2010
The continuing violence in Kashmir is likely to persist under conflicting claims and demands of nationalism and of religion
BY Yoginder Sikand 9 August 2010
Deoband, India’s largest seminary, hastened to announce that the recent controversial fatwa does not forbid Muslim women working outside their homes. A close look.
BY Yoginder Sikand 23 May 2010
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