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		<title>A Frank Assessment of the Global Muslim Situation</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/09/a-frank-assessment-of-the-global-muslim-situation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most believers of ‘Islam is the alternative’ campaign grossly overestimate the capacity of the followers of Islam. They mainly go by their increasing numbers which is purely a result of demographic expansion. Their increased visibility in the West also boosts their confidence. Some even feel flattered by catchphrases – propagated even by the official American literature – like ‘fastest growing religion in the US’. They are also easily misled by such refrains which simultaneously provide the explosive fodder for the Islamophobic lobby. Some conversions, mainly from the West, are also heartening news for them...Read More]]></description>
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		<title>Crescent obscured: Indian Muslims in Britain</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/09/crescent-obscured-indian-muslims-in-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clearly, the Indian Muslims in Britain are obscured in public view by the larger groups of Hindus and Sikhs on the one hand and Pakistanis and Bangladeshis on the other. While the aforementioned South Asian groups have rightfully asserted their role within Britain and in their respective countries, Indian Muslims have not...]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes the Muslims Angry: Analysing the Causes that Foster Fundamentalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average Muslim,..., is sick and tired of seeing his faith questioned every time some extremist blow himself to pieces in the name of Allah. They also seek a new start where they are free in their lands and are judged by their own actions. The world has seen enough violence in the name of religion and security. Let’s give peace a chance...]]></description>
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		<title>Confused State Of Jamaa‘at-e-Islami Hind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Wasim Ahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, the Jamaa‘at-e-Islami Hind does not have the VISION  which the Aligarh Movement had and should have. The question of the Two Hands in their case is not quite tenable. Still if we were to analyze what they have in their Two Hands, I would say that they have hardly anything in the Right Hand. They have a few verses only...]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: A Guide To Uplift Minorities</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/09/book-review-a-guide-to-uplift-minorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA['A Guide to Uplift Minorities' is a guide, aimed at providing information to the change-makers and other development professionals to enhance their skills and to work in a more focused, structured and systematic manner. The book is essentially divided into three major sections on establishing an NGO, its management and its funding. It starts with a gist of socio-economic and educational status of Muslims in India as the introduction... ]]></description>
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		<title>Radicalization Of Indian Muslim Youth A Dangerous Portent</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/08/radicalization-of-indian-muslim-youth-a-dangerous-portent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two very disturbing news coming out of India, both from the Marxist bastion of the country. One from Kerala, the other from West Bengal, both points towards the fact of the growing radicalization of Muslim youth, particularly those enrolled in the academic institutions in the country.[...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tablighi Jamaat in Mewat— Six Part Series</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/05/the-tablighi-jamaat-in-mewat%e2%80%94-six-part-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 18:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This 6-part series of articles provides a detailed account of the historical origins and development of the Tablighi Jamaat in Mewat, focusing in particular on the social multiple roles that the movement has played in the region, which accounts, in large measure, for its deep-rooted popularity among the Meos. A sociological study of the development of Tablighi Jamaat in Mewat can provide interesting insights and parallels to understand the success and appeal of the movement in other contexts as well.[...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Critique of the Doctrine of Offensive Jihad</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/04/a-critique-of-the-doctrine-of-offensive-jihad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of offensive jihad has for long been a subject of heated debate among Islamic scholars. Some scholars are of the view that Islam allows for just one form of jihad, in the sense of war—defensive jihad. Others disagree, and believe that Islam permits both defensive as well as offensive jihad, in the sense of fighting. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Reading with Allah—Madrasas in West Bengal</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/04/book-review-reading-with-allah%e2%80%94madrasas-in-west-bengal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This well-documented work by Nilanjana Gupta, Professor of English at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, is an in-depth study of the madrasa system of education in West Bengal, where some thirty per cent of the population are Muslims. Despite their formidable numbers and the fact that the so-called ‘progressive’ Left Front has been in power in West Bengal for decades now, the bulk of the Muslims in the state are economically, educationally and socially far behind the other communities, including even the Scheduled Castes.[...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the glitz</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2010/02/behind-the-glitz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rafia Zakaria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building towers is risky business. In fact, the very dynamics of the architecture of towers and their historical symbolism suggest acts of defiance. Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, now the world’s tallest building, takes the act of rebellion against physical limitations to new levels — literally. [...]]]></description>
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