Prophetic Monotheism: The Longest Running Pandemic in History
While the world is reeling from the Corona Virus pandemic which is barely months old, we all are suffering from another virus, of an ideological kind, which has been spreading across the world for the past two thousand years continuously. It has been spreading death, destruction, violence and destroying peace all this time. It has infected a majority of humanity barring a few countries like India and China. This ideological virus is Prophetic Monotheism. Read Pankaj Saxena making this apt comparison in this article.
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What is Wrong in India becoming a Hindu Rashtra?
In this brilliant short article, Khalid Umar writes on the possibility of the creation of Hindu Rashtra. Liberals often tell scary stories about holocausts and genocides of minorities in India if the Hindu Rashtra is ever created. Khalid Umar, instead claims that it is the creation of Hindu Rashtra that will ensure peace and progress of every community owing to the Hindu ethos of the country.
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Ambedkar and the Karna Syndrome
On this Ambedkar Jayanti, Ankit Sharma explains why Ambedkar remains a bone of contention in modern times. Comparing him with Karna, Sharma explains how it was his own personal experience which molded him and his experiences while growing up never left him. They had a deep imprint on his scholarship and this is clearly visible in his literature.
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Ambedkar on Islam
In this article, Dr. Koenraad Elst analyzes the least talked about aspect of Ambedkar's writings, and this is his views on Islam, Muslims and Pakistan. He had made as scathing a critique of Islam, as that of Hinduism and advocated a complete population transfer between India and Pakistan, believing that Hindus and Muslims would never be able to live with each other. These are the views of Ambedkar that liberals try hard to hide. Dr. Elst, in this excerpt from 'Agastya to Ambedkar' brings you these views particularly.
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The Tabligh Movement or Millions of Bearded Militants on the March – 2
In this follow up of the earlier article, Shri Sita Ram Goel goes to history to trace the evolution of Tablighi Jamaat. He argues that its origin and inspiration are not modern. The urges that fire Jamaatis were present even in the times of the Mughal Empire and even before that. These urges lie at the very heart of Islam.
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The Tabligh Movement or Millions of Bearded Militants on the March – 1
In this brilliant expose of Tablighi Jamaat, India's finest historian Sita Ram Goel proves that Tablighi Jamaat is not a social movement. It has no peaceful intentions and it has no spiritual or philosophical bent. Like all Islamic movements it is also a militant movement, with violent goals and genocidal intentions about the non-Muslim groups at its target, the most visible of the enemies, being the Hindus. In light of this two-part series, the current deeds of Tablighi Jamaat do not constitute outlier behavior, but is symptomatic of the core ideology of Tablighi Jamaat.
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Tablighi Jamaat: The Real Face of Islam
In this short essay, Khalid Umar destroys a common delusion: that an extremist Islamic organization does not represent true Islam. He argues, with the short history and behavior of Tablighi Jamaat that their behavior truly and completely aligns with the fundamentals of Islam. They represent true Islam, rather than an abrogation of it.
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Is India Dar-al-Harb or Dar-al-Islam? – 1
In this piece, one of India's finest historians, Harsh Narain talks about the concept of Dar-al-Harb (Land of Infidels) and Dar-al-Islam (Land of Islam). In present times when we see how Muslims frequently flout State orders, one has to understand the Muslim psyche that works behind such behavior. In this first part of the exposition, Harsh Narain tells us about how Muslims view existence in a land ruled by non-Muslims.
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The Jahiliyah of the Madrassas
In this brilliantly articulated piece, Dr. Shankar Sharan explores the question of Jahiliyah in Islam. The word ‘Jahiliyah’, means ignorance and traditionally, the Islamic world has considered the place and time beyond Islam as the reign of Jahiliyah. However, with many examples all over the world, focusing on the institution of the madrassa, Dr. Shankar Sharan shows how it is the Islamic lands which are the dens of ignorance. He explores the question why?
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Does Islam Offer Anything beyond Fatwas?
This article by Dr. Shankar Sharan discusses the world of fatwas and Maulvis. It discusses how the language of political Islam is nothing but confined to threats and fatwas, rarely evolving to the level of discussion. He also tells us how this inability to hold dialogue within the Islamic society is harming the community itself.
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