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India Roiled By Protests

This is a watershed moment for the largest democracy in the world

December 21, 2019 • by Shiv D. Sharma

The act has been condemned widely by the Indian population, including the Chief Ministers of states such as Rajasthan, Kerala and West Bengal. Large-scale protests have broken out in various parts of the country, starting with the northeastern state of Assam; and at universities such as Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Jamia Millia Islamia ...

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The Tale of the Missing Man

An excerpt from Manzoor Ahtesham’s milestone in Indo-Muslim literature, recently translated from the Hindi by Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark

August 31, 2018 • by Manzoor Ahtesham, Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark

In the following, you can read an excerpt from the novel, in which Zamir Ahmad Khan realizes that studying at Aligarh Muslim University is not for him, followed by an interview with Manzoor Ahtesham, Jason Gronebaum and Ulrike Stark. A Mistake The year spent in Aligarh was like Chinese water torture, with ...

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Reading and Misreading ISIS

An excerpt from Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou’s latest book

March 26, 2018 • by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

On March 29th, 2018, Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou will give a talk entitled "Conceptualizing the Islamic State" in the Sociology Lecture Series of The New School. The talk will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Wolff Conference room (D1103) of Albert and Vera List Academic Center (6 East 16th Street, the 11th Floor.) Q&A What prompted you ...

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No Muslim Ban Marches in D.C.

October 18th 2017

October 27, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Two thousand people rallied and marched from Lafayette Park to the Trump Hotel on October 18. Organized by immigrant and civil rights groups, it was the culmination of a couple weeks of activities to demand that there never be any ban in Muslims entering the U.S. The day before a federal judge in ...

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‘Völkisch’ and ‘Überfremdung’

Different Enemies, Same Fascist Ideology?

July 14, 2017 • by Alexa Lenz

Language not only has the potential to provoke certain images or metaphors, but it also influences ways of thinking and determines the perception of reality. It is an essential element of culture and therefore exercises enormous power to shape every individual, as well as society. Language is therefore not only ...