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How Kashmir’s Sufi Shrines are a Reminder of an Accommodative Islam That Once Existed in the Valley
3 days, 1 hour ago

How Kashmir’s Sufi Shrines are a Reminder of an Accommodative Islam That Once Existed in the Valley

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 08, 2025 15:53 IST - 5 MINS READ Kashmir has a rich Sufi heritage, which is enshrined in the ancient tombs and hermitages that dot its landscape. Much of the handicraft and artisanal work for which Kashmir is famous today was probably taught at these Sufi shrines,” said Dean Accardi, historian of gender, religion, and politics in …

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How India’s Hindu Right Is Taking Over Muslim Sufi Shrines
1 month ago

How India’s Hindu Right Is Taking Over Muslim Sufi Shrines

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 08, 2024 17:32 IST - 6 MINS READ The original Muslim experience in the Indian subcontinent was shaped by the liberal eclectic Sufi orders and the social transformation brought about by a message of love, equality, and universal access to God. The most significant Sufi shrine in India, indeed the subcontinent, is the Ajmer Sharif dargah of …

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Bangladesh: Is Yunus facilitating the rise of an Islamist Republic?
1 month, 1 week ago

Bangladesh: Is Yunus facilitating the rise of an Islamist Republic?

India Today  

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, has begun a series of consultations with political parties over the next couple of days to finalise a future roadmap for the beleaguered nation. So, Yunus is doing what Bangladesh’s two military rulers, Generals Ziaur Rahman and Hussein Muhammed Ershad, did in the 1980s following the ouster of the …

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Old maps trace Nampally’s Sufi heritage
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Old maps trace Nampally’s Sufi heritage

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A visit to Nampally can easily transform into a spiritual sojourn, thanks to the prominent personalities who lie in rest there. The Deccan Archive Foundation hosted its final map walk of the season on Sunday, offering new and old Hyderabadis a unique exploration of these lanes using century-old maps. The walk commenced with the dargah of Hazrat Shah Khamosh, …

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DIARY | Enigma of arrival in Kashmir
2 years ago

DIARY | Enigma of arrival in Kashmir

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 29, 2022 10:15 IST Since my last visit to Srinagar, the drive from Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport into the city has become much smoother, I observe. The pristine Boulevard Road, which runs along Dal Lake, is always great for a walk, but this time I head into the Zabarwan Hills surrounding Srinagar. Downtown Srinagar, as the Old …

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Babri Masjid and the politics of demolition
2 years, 1 month ago

Babri Masjid and the politics of demolition

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 06, 2022 20:43 IST “. The slogan, “Babri to bas jhanki hai, Kashi Mathura baki hai”, stands testimony to the yearning that continues to haunt India even today. They include the demolition of seven mazars in UP’s Mathura in 2018, ordered by the Adityanath government, the one in Barabanki in 2021, and the mazar between Chaubepur and …

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Targeting a Sufi shrine
2 years, 8 months ago

Targeting a Sufi shrine

The Hindu  

On March 1, Bharatiya Janata Party politicians, along with members of the other Sangh Parivar organisations such as the Sri Rama Sene, made a concerted effort to bulldoze their way into a 14th century-era dargah located in the town of Aland in Kalaburagi district. Anticipating disturbances leading up to March 1, which also coincided with the Islamic holy day of …

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There are two Kashmirs today, says poet Ayaz Rasool Nazki
5 years, 3 months ago

There are two Kashmirs today, says poet Ayaz Rasool Nazki

The Hindu  

Since August 5 this year, Kashmir has been shut down and an information blockade has silenced and invisibilised the voices raised against the official narrative of normalcy. Poetry in Kashmir in the past two decades has been marked by the appearance of resistance poetry, which Barbara Harlow defines as ‘a force for mobilizing a collective response to occupation and domination …

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Pakistan bombing kills at least 10 people, police the target outside Lahore shrine
5 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan bombing kills at least 10 people, police the target outside Lahore shrine

ABC  

A powerful bomb has exploded near security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20 others. Key points: Police "doing routine duty" outside a busy shrine appear to have been the targets of the bombing Officials are still determining the nature of the attack but say it …

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