India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced ...

In other words, most of South Asia’s contemporary geopolitical and ethno-religious problems, including the Kashmir conflict, the division of British India into India and Pakistan, and communal strife ...

(The Conversation) — Deobandi Islam, the religious school that the Taliban draw their ideology from, was set up in 19th century India to educate Muslim youth. (The Conversation) — Following the ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that while British and French colonialism are often discussed in history, there is little mention of "political Islam", which, he claimed, ...

Christmas, the biggest festival in Christianity, is celebrated every year on December 25th to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Christianity is the third-largest religion in India, after Hinduism and ...

Reporting from Mumbai, India — India’s highest court Thursday upheld the marriage of a Muslim man and a woman who converted to Islam against the wishes of her Hindu parents in a case that fueled ...

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When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Rafia Zakaria A HISTORY OF ISLAM IN 21 WOMEN By Hossein Kamaly Thomas Roe, Britain’s envoy in ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asserted that "political Islam" significantly impacted Sanatan Dharma, citing historical struggles by figures like Shivaji Maharaj and Maharana Pratap. He ...

Following the Taliban’s rapid taking of power in what it describes as a reestablished “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” fears of a certain kind of Islamist ideology being brought back have led a large ...