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Islamicate Civilisation is a Supreme Culture: But Who Stands to Inherit It?
The post argues that Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal high culture is a supreme achievement, yet Islamicate civilisation has no custodian state among some sixty Muslim-majority countries, unlike the West, China…
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The Bahá’í Position on Palestine: A Note for the Record
The author sets out what the Bahá’í position on Palestine is, quoting Shoghi Effendi’s 1947 reply to the UN. The World Centre in Haifa and Akka is there for theological,…
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The saffron and the crescent – why BP matters
The author argues that candid comments from Pakistani Muslim commenters on interfaith marriage and idol worship expose a Hindu-Muslim mismatch in worldviews that Indian liberals avoid confronting, and cites Pew…
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The Veil We Will Not Wear
A Bahá’í response to the ‘saffron and crescent’ post, arguing that the Bahá’í position is a distinct civilisational stance that begins with Táhirih unveiling at Badasht in 1848, and that…
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REPOST: On identifying as a liberal
A reposted older essay in which the author explains why he identifies as a liberal despite being labelled a Hindutva liberal or closet Sanghi, setting out his republican and secularist…
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At Negombo, the Indian subcontinent meets where it still can
Writing about a Bahá’í gathering at Negombo on 11 May 2026 attended by friends from Pakistan, Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, the post argues that Sri Lanka is now where…
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Conversion out of Hinduism and Caste
The post argues that the popular idea that caste explains medieval conversion to Islam and Christianity does not fit the evidence: regions with the least rigid caste had the most…
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She carried an entire civilization in her hands
Sharing a Hindu American Foundation Mother’s Day note, the authors argue that Hinduism resists imperial pressure by evolving rather than hardening as they say Islam does, and that a civilisation…
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On Safety and Hinduphobia
Announcing a ten-day suspension of a commenter who posted another commenter’s personal details, the authors affirm privacy as a house standard. They then argue Hinduphobia is real, theological in form…
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The Simpsonisation of South Asia
Open thread sharing a video the authors find interesting as an example of how ‘propaganda’ is evolving, while stating it does not reflect their views.
