Indian Muslims
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South India Makes British India Hindu?
The author argues that had South India separated in 1947, the rest of British India would today be a Muslim-majority bloc, citing population figures, and suggests the South’s inclusion kept…
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Indian Muslims and the partition vote
Contributor Yajnavalkya (@saiarav) uses 1946 election and franchise data to argue that the Muslim League’s mandate was not just the voice of a small electorate, and that roughly 40% of…
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Amana Begam Ansari on Muslims and Women in India
Maneesh Taneja talks to Amana Begam Ansari about being a Muslim woman in India, covering the state of affairs, challenges facing the Muslim community and the country, caste dynamics, and…
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Browncast – Shazia Ilmi BJP National spokesperson
Mukunda and Nachiketa talk to Shazia Ilmi, a BJP national spokesperson, about Indian politics, Muslims in politics and society, and more; the post is a short episode announcement and gives…
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West Asian ancestry in South Asian Muslims
Answering complaints about his claim that South Asian Muslims are almost entirely of local descent, the author explains that ’99 per cent indigenous’ concerns DNA, not genealogy, since after about…
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The Middle Path: Towards a Liberal Conservatism in India (Part 3)
In the third of three posts, the author sets out an ‘Anglo-Dharmic’ liberal conservative framework for India, assessing the Nehruvian state’s treatment of Indian Muslims and then domestic and foreign…
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Hindus are the most authentic Indians
Raised in America as ‘Indian’ despite Bangladeshi Muslim roots, Razib Khan reflects on Hindu claims that Muslim and Christian holy sites lie elsewhere, and on how India’s native religious traditions…
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South Asian Muslim ancestors were idolaters!
Razib Khan argues that rather than debate whether South Asian Muslims’ ancestors were ‘Hindus’, a term of shifting meaning, Muslims should simply accept they descend from idolaters, whether Buddhist, caste…
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Why Indian Muslims are in India not of India
Razib Khan asks why Indian Muslims have stayed less assimilated than earlier arrivals such as the Ahom. He argues that the gap between Islam and Dharmic traditions matters, and that…
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India’s Islam
An older post by The Emissary, revived from the archive, surveys Islam in India. The author states a negative view of its past impact and cites Will Durant, but wants…
