Understanding Interfaith Dialogue: A few Critical Questions
Recently the issue of constructing temple of Lord Ram on the disputed site where the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya once stood and was demolished in 1992 is hotly debated. In…
Aurangabad Communal Violence Fact Finding Report – 2018
A note by Irfan Engineer Communalism and Development Communal politics has been viewed from different perspectives. The left primarily regards religion as opium of people, instilling false consciousness, giving them…
Babri Masjid: What should Muslims do?
A section of Hindu supremacist organizations are once again mobilizing to demand the construction of Ramjanmabhoomi temple (RJT) in Ayodhya on the spot where Babri Masjid once stood and was…
12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Report of the 12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture – by Neha Dabhade “Muslims of India are in worst position today than in 1857 or 1947”, lamented A. G…
Indian Constitutional Courts and Secularism – II
In the previous issue of Secular Perspective (Vol. XXI No. 21, Nov. 1-15, 2018), we briefly outlined the tension between rights of denominations or any sections thereof under Art. 26 of the…
11th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Secularism: its meaning and the need for it” by Prof. Irfan Habib “The RSS didn’t participate in the Indian freedom struggle and didn’t contribute in fighting for independence from the…
State of the Stateless: the Tale of NRC in Assam
This ache is the prospect facing and lived by 40 lakh odd residents of Assam today. 40 lakhs of the residents in Assam do not find their names on the…
Harsul Fact Finding Report
Harsul is a town 50 kilometers away from Nashik in Maharashtra. It is also near Trimbakeshwar where the Kumbh Mela was organized this year. The town has a majority of…
Report of Conference on Sufism and Social Harmony
“Sufi tradition can’t be viewed as an instrument or vehicle to some social end or social solution”, said eminent Carl Ernst. Prof. Carl Ernst was asked if Sufi tradition could counter global terrorism fuelling Islamophobia and if Sufism could…
Baduria and Bashirhat Fact Finding Report
Introduction: July witnessed communal tensions in the state of West Bengal. Baduria and Basirhat in 24 North Parganas were the epicenter of violence over an objectionable facebook post on Prophet…