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		<title>The Tablighi Jamaat in Mewat— Six Part Series</title>
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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>
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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>Questioning the “vision” behind Zakir Naik’s “Peace”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In fact, such has been the emphasis placed by Islam on the rights of a neighbour, the Prophet once feared (in a report that is found in both Bukhari and Muslim) that neighbours would be granted inheritance rights in the properties of Muslims along with their legal heirs. No wonder the Prophet instructed the Muslims saying, “When you cook broth, increase its water and give some of it to your neighbour” (Muslim).[...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invading The Secular Space in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ram Puniyani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Satya Sai Baba of Puthaparthi in his recent tour of Mumbai (Nov. 2009) was invited by the Maharashtra Chief Minister designate, Ashok Chavan to his official residence, Varsha, for blessing the house and for the associated puja (invocation). When criticsed for inviting the Holy Guru to his official residence he said that since he is a devotee of the Baba for many decades it is a privilege for him. There are many other news items where state functionaries mark their presence for the programs of Gurus and Babas (God men).
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		<title>Why the West craves materialism &amp; why the East sticks to religion</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2009/10/why-the-east-sticks-to-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a sequence of events in the 80s that moved me toward God as the Qur’an says: “There are signs for people of understanding.” One of them was cricket. As I was a student of the game, the more I understood the game, the more I began to realize that what I considered to be chance was, in fact, the will of Allah. A pattern which became clearer with time. But it was not until Salman Rushdie’s “Satanic Verses” that my understanding of Islam began to develop.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Muslims want jobs, not Iftar</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2009/09/indian-muslims-want-jobs-not-iftar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The exploitation of Ramadan has now become a deeply-rooted practice among the well-off. If the Islamic brotherhood wants to understand why so many Muslims nations are in such a mess, they only need to examine how their elite have upended the holiest month of the faith, one in which they are meant to turn to Allah and practice the highest values of the Quran — piety, charity, self-denial, sacrifice — and turned it into a month-long tamasha. Id ul Fitr, which is the culmination of Ramadan, means the Id of Fitra, or charity. Self-centered Muslims will surely be astonished to learn that hundreds of verses in the Holy Quran urge charity and kindness towards the underprivileged. ]]></description>
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		<title>Islam and Inter-Religious Dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s world, one of the most crucial issues that we are faced with is the urgent need for different communities and civilizations to understand each other and to improve and strengthen their mutual relations. Modern developments have shrunk the world into a global village. Consequently, countries and communities are now heavily inter-dependent in order to sustain their lives. ]]></description>
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		<title>Guerilla War and Terrorism Are Not Jihad</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2009/07/guerilla-war-and-terrorism-are-not-jihad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[War involves terrible bloodshed and destruction. That is why any minor deviation of the proper rules of warfare can convert a jihad in the path of God into strife and chaos. It was because of this that the Prophet very clearly and explicitly laid down that if a Muslim government exists, all decisions relating to jihad must be made by it alone. Disobeying the decisions of the Muslim state in this regard is not at all permissible. There are clear instructions relating to this in the Quran and the Hadith.[...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious extremism and democracy</title>
		<link>http://muslimindia.in/2009/07/religious-extremism-and-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asghar Ali Engineer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["...extremism, particularly religious extremism has emerged as a great challenge in the contemporary world. It is also worth noting that religious extremism is billion dollar industry today. The armament industry is also in league with these extremists. How else they would acquire such sophisticated weapons? Though Governments may impose bans on export of weapons but industry as well as extremists find ways to violate the ban and occasionally with the connivance of the government machinery...[...]"]]></description>
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		<title>Islam and Terrorism (Part 4): An Indian Shia Muslim Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yoginder Sikand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mirza Muhammad Athar is a leading Shia cleric  from Lucknow, India . This is an edited version of a translation of two chapters of his Urdu book titled Islam Aur Dashatgardi (‘Islam and Terrorism’) (Hyderi Kutubkhana, Bombay, 2003), which consists of lectures delivered at a 10-day majlis session held in 2002 in the Masjid Iraniyan, Bombay, in the month of Muharram to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (RA).]]></description>
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