...of the Indian-controlled part of the state have genuine grievances against the Indian state. They do deserve a fair hearing and redress. The use of terror to induce the Indian...
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The Modern Spirit of Asia
Comparing China and India
by Peter van der Veer...today, and India and China have been gradually developed into nation-states. That is why one can compare India and China as nation-states, although these societies are, internally, immensely differentiated, and...
Hindutva and the shared scripts of the global right
Invisibilizing Hindu terrorism through the “War on Terror”
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Urban planning in Saudi Arabia
by Jessica PolebaumFrom Jidda, Nicolai Ouroussoff reports on a Saudi governemnt plan to engineer four new urban centers—what the planners are calling “economic cities”—in the Arabian desert, all to be completed by...
Mumbai 11/26
Is Mumbai’s resilience endlessly renewable?
by Arjun Appadurai...funds from Saudi Arabia to build mosques and madrassas in India, by the opportunities for smalltime Arab men from the Persian Gulf to purchase poor Muslim brides from India, and...
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Reinventing Ramadan in Saudi Arabia
by Laura DuaneYoung people in Saudi Arabia are trying to return Ramadan to its more traditional roots, reports the Washington Post: The trend has partly been inspired by Ahmad al-Shugairi, a popular...
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Rethinking ikhtilat in Saudi Arabia
by Jessica PolebaumThe Economist reports that certain elements of the Saudi clerical elite are reconsidering the validity of the ban on ikhtilat, the mixing of sexes: In the past few months top...
Essays
“Traditionalist” Islamic activism
by Barbara D. Metcalf...dangerous labels. Already subject to widespread discrimination and suspicion in India, Muslim Indians could be harmed by such careless labeling. Instead, I argued, Deobandis in India, as in each of...