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Book Review: Muzaffar Alam's 'The Mughals and the Sufis' explores the Sufi influence in Mughal rule
3 years, 1 month ago

Book Review: Muzaffar Alam's 'The Mughals and the Sufis' explores the Sufi influence in Mughal rule

The Hindu  

W ITH nearly 50 years of research and teaching experience in the best of universities in India and the United States, Muzaffar Alam has offered a work that has the quality of a swan song, the culmination of a life-long intellectual activity to produce a book on a theme that was long waiting to be written and one that only …

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A deeper reflection on the Haji Ali case: Is Sufism disappearing from the Indian Dargahs?
8 years, 6 months ago

A deeper reflection on the Haji Ali case: Is Sufism disappearing from the Indian Dargahs?

Firstpost  

Is Sufism dying out even at the Dargahs and Khanqahs, which imbibed an egalitarian tradition of inclusiveness, pluralism and egalitarianism among the Indian Muslims for ages? In this context, the Bombay High Court’s verdict protecting women’s right to enter into the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah has stirred a pertinent debate. But the Bombay HC’s verdict is stipulated with …

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Sufism won’t solve Pakistan’s problems
9 years, 10 months ago

Sufism won’t solve Pakistan’s problems

Al Jazeera  

Using Sufism to counter religious terrorism is not the solution to Pakistan’s problems – and it’s risky. Yet, I strongly believe that this is a misguided policy; using Sufism to counter religious terrorism is not the solution to Pakistan’s problems. Many Pakistani liberals posit secularism as the solution: They theorise, or fantasise, that going back in time to erase the …

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Fanaticism’s antidote: ‘The Sufis’
10 years, 5 months ago

Fanaticism’s antidote: ‘The Sufis’

Al Jazeera  

In 2012, extremist militants, battle-hardened from their fight to topple Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, took their booty, weapons and fervour and spilled into the no-man’s-land of northern Mali. Indeed, given the rather strange state of the world, the type of thinking outlined in “The Sufis”, and other books by Shah, may be more needed than ever. The way of thinking and …

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