Shikwa-e-Hind - Rehman, Mujibur
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Roughly 200 million today, Indian Muslims are greater than the population of Britain and France or Germany put together. According to the Indian Constitution, Indian Muslims are treated as political equals, which is what India’s secular polity promised after its independence, encouraging more than 35 million Indian Muslims at the time of Partition to choose India as their motherland over Pakistan. However, the supposed relationship of equality between Hindus and Muslims as scripted in the constitution is being increasingly replaced by the domineering tendencies of a Hindu majority in India today.…mehr

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Roughly 200 million today, Indian Muslims are greater than the population of Britain and France or Germany put together. According to the Indian Constitution, Indian Muslims are treated as political equals, which is what India’s secular polity promised after its independence, encouraging more than 35 million Indian Muslims at the time of Partition to choose India as their motherland over Pakistan. However, the supposed relationship of equality between Hindus and Muslims as scripted in the constitution is being increasingly replaced by the domineering tendencies of a Hindu majority in India today.
Autorenporträt
Dr Mujibur Rehman teaches at Jamia Millia Central University, New Delhi, specialising in identity politics and development politics, with a special focus on religious minorities. His earlier publications include Rise of Saffron Power: Reflections on Indian Politics (2018), and Communalism in Postcolonial India: Changing Colors (2016). He writes for major Indian dailies and weeklies on contemporary issues and has also worked on research projects hosted by Princeton University, Columbia University, Sciences Po, University of York, and ICSSR. He has received his graduate training from the University of Austin, Texas, USA; the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi. His next book project is tentatively titled, Explaining the Muslim Mind.