Tufail Ahmad
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Democracy in India Part 12: Gujarat's Muslims face social exclusion, lead ghettoised lives, but remain positive about future
If an entire class of voters, in this case the Muslims of Gujarat, stops expecting anything from an elected government, it rings alarm bells for the health of democracy in India → Read More
Democracy In India Part 10: Scouge of casteism in slow retreat as more and more youth marry for love
There are two contrary trends in Indian democracy: While caste remains alive in politics and society, it is also giving way to more democratisation in some regions, most notably in Gujarat. → Read More
Democracy In India Part 5: Cities are drivers of democratic change, secure rights and liberties of individuals
Cities are drivers of economic growth and social progress. In democracies, cities engender exponential awareness of democratic rights. → Read More
MEMRI releases family reform bill, aims to raise awareness among Muslims on religious issues
Under the MEMRI Reform in the Muslim World project, the Middle East Media Research Institute is publishing this draft Muslim Family Reforms Bill, 2018, to raise awareness among the public and lawmakers of India about a host of issues concerning religious laws and practices among Indian Muslims. → Read More
Criminalising triple talaq: Modi govt is more interested in playing politics than helping Muslim women
The issue is not the instant triple talaq. The real issue is that a Muslim husband is barred from seeking divorce through courts. → Read More
Arrest of Saudi Arabian royals will send state down reformist path, serve as role model for Islamic clerics
Saudi Arabia's sweeping arrests of 11 princes, including the billionaire investor prince Alwaleed bin Talal, four ministers and tens of former ministers is set to send the Saudi state down a reformist path. → Read More
SC ban on instant triple talaq denies justice to Shayara Bano as verdict remains ambiguous on three-month divorce
The Supreme Court's decision to declare the practice of Triple Talaq as unconstitutional is a milestone in the Muslim women's rights movement in India. → Read More
Fatwas restrict individual's constitutional freedom, India must create laws to insulate citizens
The latest fatwa expelling JD(U) leader Feroz Ahmad from Islam for saying Jai Shree Ram shows how practices such as fatwas impact Constitutional freedoms of Indian Muslims → Read More
Equality in Islam is limited to Muslim brotherhood, excludes non-Muslims until they live under Sharia rule
The concept of equality in Islam, as understood by Muslims, has always been 'Islamic equality', or equality between Muslims only. This excludes equality for non-Muslims. → Read More
Abrahamic Hindutva: The religious fundamentalism that is a threat to India's tolerant and pluralist civilisational order
I have used the term "Abrahamic Hindutva" to argue that this civilisational order is under threat from the current generation of the people who long ago evolved these pluralistic concepts, authoured the Vedas and Smritis, and discovered Yoga and Ayurveda. → Read More
Narendra Modi in Tel Aviv today: It's time Muslims rethink their idea of Israel, here's why
On 4 July, Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel. → Read More
Right and the not-so-Right of lynchings and hatred wrecking India: Political culture defining brand of malice
It is not sufficient that Hindus already govern India because they are insufficiently Hindus — like secular Muslims are declared insufficient Muslims by clerics. → Read More
Triple talaq hearing: Arguments before SC show Muslim minds still unwilling to think outside religion's framework
Supreme Court must send out hope to Muslim women on the issue of triple talaq. If the women are turned down at the door of the constitutional bench, it would cause a long-term threat to India's flourishing democracy → Read More
Triple Talaq: Muslim Law Board's stand in Supreme Court rebuffs Quran, Constitution
If the Supreme Court declares the practice of instant triple talaq, which is given in one sitting, as illegal, the apex court's decision will still be as per the Quran → Read More
Triple Talaq: Mulsim Law Board stand in SC rebuffs Quran, Constitution
If the Supreme Court declares the practice of instant triple talaq, which is given in one sitting, as illegal, the apex court's decision will still be as per the Quran → Read More
Uttar Pradesh Election 2017: How burqas are changing the dynamics of politics in the state
BJP's demand that the Election Commission deploy women police officials to check the identity of burqa-clad women in UP has touched upon an emerging issue. → Read More