Indian Muslims are often accused of following the wrong kind of Muslims for the wrong reasons. For example, Maududi, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan acclaimed as a modern reformist while having regressive opinions by modern-day standards, Dawood the most wanted, the Memon brothers because their charity zombified the population against their crimes, Afzal Guru and the […]
As an Indian Muslim of Kashmiri heritage, I get asked this a lot – what do Indian Muslims think of India, why do they not assimilate, why do they feel alienated; why do they have ghettos and siege mentality? Over the years I have tried to answer these questions as best as I could – […]