602 & 603, Silver Star, 6th Floor, Behind BEST Bus Depot, Santacruz (E), Mumbai - 400 055 India E-mail: csss@vsnl.com About UsIJSPublicationsArchiveResearchInstitute of Islamic Studies Archive SECULAR PERSPECTIVE 2008 DISCONTENTS OF DEMOCRACY - July 16-31, 2008 TERRORISM - HOW NOT TO COMBAT IT - July 1-15, 2008 BJP RISING TO POWER AGAIN? - June 16-30, 2008 SOME THOUGHTS ON COMPOSITE CULTURE OF INDIA - PART II - June 1-15, 2008 SOME THOUGHTS ON COMPOSITE CULTURE OF INDIA - PART I - May 15-31, 2008 DEMOCRACY - INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION? - May 1-15, 2008 ISLAM-MUSLIMS AND TERRORISM - April 16-30, 2008 DIVORCE IN QUR'AN AND SHARI'AH - April 1-15, 2008 CONVERSION - A REVIEW ARTICLE - March 16-31, 2008 ISLAMIC SHARI'AH IN THE WESTERN WORLD - March 1-15, 2008 DEMOCRACY, PAROCHIALISM AND PEACE - February 15-29, 2008 COMMUNAL RIOTS 2007 (Part II) - February 1-15, 2008 COMMUNAL RIOTS 2007 (Part I) - January 16-31, 2008 GUJARAT ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH - January 1-15, 2008 2007 MULTI-RELIGIOUS DEMOCRACY AND ITS CHALLENGES - December 16-31, 2007 SECULARISM AND ITS PROBLEMS IN INDIA - December 1-15, 2007 BJP ENTERS PORTAL OF POWER IN SOUTH - November 16-30, 2007 POLICING AND MINORITIES - November 1-15, 2007 IDENTITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION-INCLUSION - A MUSLIM (Part II) PERSPECTIVE - October 16-31, 2007 IDENTITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION-INCLUSION - A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE - October 1-15, 2007 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION - IS IT DESIRABLE? - September 16-30, 2007 TERRORISTS STRIKE AGAIN AT HYDERABAD - September 1-15, 2007 ATTACK ON TASLIMA - LOVE OF ISLAM OR LOVE OF POWER? - August 16-30, 2007 HASRAT MOHANI - A FORGOTTEN FREEDOM FIGHTER - August 1-15, 2007 TERRORISM AND EDUCATED YOUTH - July 16-31, 2007 KNIGHTHOOD FOR SALMAN RUSHDIE AND MUSLIMS - July 1-15, 2007 IS BJP REASSESSING THE MUSLIM FACTOR? - June 16-30, 2007 POLICE AND MINORITIES - June 1-15, 2007 U.P. ELECTIONS - A PROOF OF MATURE DEMOCRACY - May 16-31, 2007 THE MUSLIM 'ULAMA AND STATUS OF WOMEN - May 1-15, 2007 BJP'S ANTI-MUSLIMISM - April 16-30, 2007 FIRST WAR OF INDEPEDENCE IN 1857- ITS IMPACT ON HINDU-MUSLIM RELATIONS - April 1-15, 2007 MUSLIM WOMEN IN INDIAN SOCIETY - March 16-31, 2007 FIVE YEARS OF GUJARAT CARNAGE - AN OVERVIEW - March 1-15, 2007 MAINSTREAMING MINORITIES - February 16-28, 2007 THE HINDU VIEW OF ISLAM - A CRITICAL REVIEW - February 1-15, 2007 COMMUNAL RIOTS 2006 - January 1-15, 2007 2006 REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIMS IN POLICE FORCE AND COMMUNAL RIOTS - December 15-31, 2006 INDIAN MUSLIMS - RESERVATION OR NO RESERVATION? - December 1-15, 2006 MALEGAON BLASTS - PARTISAN APPROACH AND BIASED POLICEY - November 16-30, 2006 WOMEN'S PLIGHT IN MUSLIM SOCIETY - November 1-15, 2006 FUTURE OF COMMUNAL RELATIONS IN INDIA - October 16-31, 2006 POLICE AND MINORITIES - WILL NEW POLICIES HELP? - October 1-15, 2006 AND NOW TERRORIST ATTACK IN MALEGAON - WHAT IS THE WAY OUT? - September 16-30, 2006 KASHMIRI YOUTH AND PROSPECTS OF PEACE - September 1-15, 2006 OUR INDEPENDENCE AND AFTER - A CRITICAL REVIEW - August 16-31, 2006 ISRAELI AGGRESSION AND THE WORLD - August 1-15, 2006 BOMB BLASTS IN MUMBAI - CROSSING THE LIMITS - July 16-31, 2006 SECULARISM IN INDIA - Part II - July 1-15, 2006 SECULARISM IN INDIA - Part I - June 16-30, 2006 INDIAN MUSLIMS – PROBLEMS AND PARADOXES - June 1-15, 2006 GUJARAT ON FIRE AGAIN - May 16-31, 2006 SUFISM – ITS ORIGIN AND IMPACT ON INDIAN ISLAM - May 1-15, 2006 IDENTITY IN A MULTI-RELIGIOUS SOCIETY - April 16-30, 2006 OTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE - WHAT ROLE RELIGION CAN PLAY - April 1-15, 2006 MUSLIMS AND TERRORISM - March 16-31, 2006 THEY HATE US, WE FEAR THEM – THE SITUATION IN GUJARAT - March 1-15, 2006 DANISH CARTOONS AND MUSLIMS - February 16-28, 2006 COMMUNAL RIOTS - 2005 (Part II) - February 1-15, 2006 COMMUNAL RIOTS - 2005 - January 16-31, 2006 BJP'S SILVER JUBILEE - AN ASSESSMENT - January 1-15, 2006 2005 IDENTITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN DEMOCRACY - December 16-31, 2005 THEY TOO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM – ROLE OF MINORITIES IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE - December 1_15, 2005 COMMUNAL VIOLENCE AND MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONS - November 16-30, 2005 NCERT'S NEW HISTORY SYLLABUS - November 1-15, 2005 ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY AND THE COURT JUDGEMENT - October 16-31, 2005 COMMUNAL POLITICS CLIMAX AND DOWNFALL - October 1-15, 2005 NATIONAL INTEGRATION COUNCIL - IS IT A USEFUL INSTITUTION? - September 16-30, 2005 FATWAS, THEIR ACCEPTABILITY AND THEIR RELEVANCE - September 1-15, 2005 ON THE CAUSES OF TERROR BOMBING - August 16-31, 2005 PREMCHAND AND COMPOSITE CULTURE - August 1-15, 2005 LONDON BOMBINGS, VIOLENCE AND ISLAM - July 16-31, 2005 JINNAH - HOW MUCH SECULAR, HOW MUCH COMMUNAL - July 1-15, 2005 ON THEORIES OF PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION - June 16-30, 2005 VAJPAYEE AND THE GUJARAT CARNAGE - June 1-15, 2005 MODEL NIKAHNAMA - A HOPE OR A DISAPPOINTMENT? - May 16-31, 2005 INTER-FAITH RELATIONS IN MEDIEVAL INDIA - May 1-15, 2005 THE BJP'S TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND COMMUNALISATION OF INDIAN POLITY - April 16-30, 2005 CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES TO SECULARISM AND DEMOCRACY- A RELIGIOUS RESPONSE - April 1-15, 2005 THE MINORITY QUESTION IN INDIA - March 16-31, 2005 THREE YEARS AFTER GENOCIDE IN GUJARAT - March 1-15, 2005 INDIAN MUSLIMS AND PERSONAL LAW BOARD - - February 16-31, 2005 GODHRA TRAIN BURNING INCIDENT AND BANERJEE REPORT - February 1-15, 2005 TRIBAL-MUSLIM DIALOGUE - January 16-31, 2005 COMMUNAL RIOTS - 2004 - january 1-15, 2005 2004 RELIGION, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THE STATE - December 1-15, 2004 THE BJP AND THE POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM - November 16-30, 2004 RELIGION, IDENTITY AND DEMOCRACY - November 1-15, 2004 DRAFTING THE LAW TO PREVENT COMMUNAL VIOLENCE - October 16-31, 2004 EDUCATION, SECULARISM AND HUMAN VALUES - October 1-15, 2004 CENSUS FIGURES AND BJP'S ANTI-MINORITYISM - September 16-30, 2004 BJP BACK ON AGGRESSIVE HINDUTVA TRACK - September 1-15, 2004 DALIT-MUSLIM DIALOGUE - August 16-31, 2004 ON RESERVATION FOR MUSLIMS – SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE - August 1-15, 2004 ON COMPREHENSIVE LAW ON COMMUNAL RIOTS - July 16-31, 2004 AFTER ABOLITION OF TRIPLE TALAQ – WHAT NEXT? - July 1-15, 2004 TRIPLE DIVORCE – NEED FOR CHANGE - June 16-30, 2004 NEW SECULAR GOVERNMENT AND ITS SECULAR TASKS - June 1-15, 2004 DEFEAT OF NDA, VICTORY OF SECULARISM - May 16-31, 2004 JUDICIARY AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE - May 1-15, 2004 DILEMMAS OF DEMOCRACY - April 16-30, 2004 MUSLIM INTELLIGENTSIA AND LIBERALISM - April 1-15, 2004 MINORITIES AND LOKSABHA ELECTIONS - March 16-31, 2004 INDIAN MUSLIMS AND LOKSABHA ELECTIONS - March 1-15, 2004 INDIA SHINING, COMMUNAL DARKNESS - February 16-29, 2004 THE POLITICS OF ATTACK ON BHANDARKAR INSTITUTE - February 1-15, 2004 GUJARAT CARNAGE AND MUSLIM WOMEN - January 16-31, 2004 HIJAB CONTROVERSY IN FRANCE - January 1-15, 2004 2003 STATE ELECTION RESULTS - VICTORY OF BJP OR COMMUNALISM - December 16-31, 2003 INDIAN MUSLIMS, IDENTITY AND MODERNITY - December 1-15, 2003 MUSLIM WOMEN AND MODERN SOCIETY - November 16-30, 2003 POLICE AND MINORITIES - November 1-15, 2003 INDIAN MUSLIMS AND SECULARISM - October 16-31, 2003 AYODHYA'S VOICE - October 1-15, 2003 BOMB BLAST, COMMUNAL VIOLENCE AND SECULAR INDIA - September 16-30, 2003 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AND TEMPLE - September 1-15, 2003 FUTURE OF SECULARISM IN INDIA - August 16-31, 2003 UNIFORM CIVIL CODE OR LEGAL PLURALISM - August 1-15, 2003 JUSTICE ABORTED IN GUJARAT - July 16-31, 2003 MUSLIM WOMEN ON THE MOVE - July 1-15, 2003 RELIGION AND COMMUNALISM - June 16-30, 2003 NO JUSTICE NANAVATI, WHAT YOU SAY IS NOT CORRECT - June 1-15, 2003 ON SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNALISM - May 16-31, 2003 INDIA UNDER BJP - May 1-15, 2003 MEDIEVAL HISTORY AND HURT PSYCHE - April 16-30, 2003 THE ROLE OF ULAMA IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE - April 1-15, 2003 IS SECULARISM DEAD IN INDIA? - March 16-31, 2003 ONE YEAR OF Gujarat'S SHAME - March 1-15, 2003 INDIAN MUSLIMS - MYTH AND REALITY - February 16-28, 2003 HINDUTVA AND MINORITIES - February 1-15, 2003 AMBEDKAR, MUSLIMS AND PARTITION - January 16-31, 2003 FUNDAMENTALISM AND TERRORISM - January 1-15, 2003 2002 THE BJP SWEEP IN GUJARAT- A MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOR INDIA - December 16-31, 2002 TRUTH ABOUT GUJARAT CARNAGE -CONCERNED CITIZENS' TRIBUNAL'S REPORT ON GUJARAT - December 1-15, 2002 THE BJP AND GUJARAT ELECTIONS - November 16-30, 2002 RECENT RIOTS IN MAHARASHTRA - November 1-15, 2002 A NEW BEGINNING IN KASHMIR - October 16-31, 2002 CAN WE FIGHT TERRORISM? - October 1-15, 2002 ON ROOTS OF COMMUNAL VIOLENCE - September 16-30, 2002 POLITICS, VALUE-ORIENTED, NOT POWER-ORIENTED - September 1-15, 2002 ROLE OF RELIGION IN SECULAR SOCIETY - August 16-31, 2002 NO ELECTION IN GUJARAT FOR NOW PLEASE - August 1-15, 2002 BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT - A LANDMARK JUDGEMENT ON TALAQ - July 16-31, 2002 COMMUNAL VIOLENCE AND ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY - July 1-15, 2002 ROLE OF POLICE IN GUAJRAT CARNAGE - June 16-30, 2002 GUJARAT CARNAGE - IMPLICATIONS FOR SECULARISM - June 1-15, 2002 MYTHS ABOUT MUSLIMS AND THE GUJARAT CARNAGE - May 16-31, 2002 ALL IS NOT LOST IN GUJARAT - May 1-15, 2002 GUJARAT - AN AREA OF DARKNESS - April 16-30, 2002 MINORITIES CANNOT BE AT THE MERCY OF RSS - April 1-15, 2002 BJP'S RIOT-FREE INDIA - March 16-31, 2002 DEFEAT OF BJP IS DEFEAT OF COMMUNALISM - March 1-15, 2002 INDIAN MUSLIMS, FIFTY YEARS IN INDEPENDENT INDIA - AN EVALUATION - February 16-28, 2002 SANT YATRA OR ELECTION YATRA? - February 1-15, 2002 A NEW APPROACH FOR ISLAMIC WORLD NEEDED - January 16-31, 2002 COMMUNAL RIOTS - 2001 - January 1-15, 2002 2001 IS CONFEDERATION IN SOUTH ASIA POSSIBLE? - December 16-31, 2001 A BRIEF SURVEY OF COMMUNAL SITUATION IN THE POST BABRI-DEMOLITION PERIOD - December 1-15, 2001 MALEGAON RIOTS - A NEW ERA OF VIOLENCE? - November 16_30, 2001 PLURALITY OR POLARITY? - November 1-15, 2001 CLASH OF TERRORS? - October 16-31, 2001 ATTACK ON WORLD TRADE CENTRE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS - October 1-15, 2001 CAN VEIL BE ENFORCED? - September 16-30, 2001 INDONESIA - A COUNTRY IN TURMOIL - September 1-15, 2001 HINDUTVA, NATIONALISM AND VIOLENCE - August 16-31, 2001 MUSLIMS AND EDUCATION - August 1-15, 2001 INDO-PAK RELATIONS SOARING HIGH - July 16-31, 2001 PUNISHING GUILTY POLICE OFFICERS IN MUMBAI RIOTS - July 1-15, 2001 NDA'S DEFEAT IN RECENT ELECTIONS AND FUTURE STRATEGIES - June 16-30, 2001 MUSLIM WOMEN AND FAR REACHING CHANGES IN BANGLADESH - June 1-15, 2001 MUSLIM MIDDLE CLASS AND ITS ROLE - May 16-31, 2001 KANPUR RIOTS - A WAKE UP CALL - May 1-15, 2001 THE RSS - AN EVALUATION FROM THE MINORITY PERSPECTIVE - April 16-30, 2001 ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN INDIA- PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY AND EXISTENCE - contd. - April 1-15, 2001 ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN INDIA- PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY AND EXISTENCE - March 16-31, 2001 KASHMIR OPTS FOR PEACE - March 1-15, 2001 SRIKRISHNA COMMISSION REPORT - WILL IT BE IMPLEMENTED? - February 16-28, 2001 VAJPAYEE'S STATEMENTS AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY - February 1-15, 2001 NATIONALISM, COMMUNALISM AND TWENTIETH CENTURY - January 16-31, 2001 COMMUNAL RIOTS - 2000 - January 1-15, 2001 2000 SEPARATE MUSLIM PARTY NOT NEEDED - December 1-15, 2000 ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN INDIA - PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY AND EXISTENCE - December 16-31, 2000 PAKISTAN, ITS POLITY AND VIABILITY - November 1-15, 2000 ISLAM AND SECULARISM - October 1-15, 2000 WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND PERSONAL LAW BOARD - October 16-30, 2000 WOMEN AND PERSONAL LAW IN IRAN - September 1-15, 2000 RELIGION AND POLITICS IN INDONESIA - August 16-30, 2000 THE POLITICS OF ARREST OF BAL THACKERAY - August 1-15, 2000 MUSLIM WOMEN'S MAINTENANCE - SOME NEW JUDGEMENTS - July 16-31, 2000 KASHMIR - CAN AUTONOMY BE A SOLUTION? - July 1-15, 2000 MUSLIMS, MODERNITY AND CHANGE - June 1-15, 2000 THE CONGRESS, SECULARISM AND MINORITIES - June 16-30, 2000 NATION STATE RELIGION AND IDENTITY - May 1-15, 2000 THE BJP AND ITS TWENTY YEARS - May 16-31, 2000 VIOLENCE IN KASHMIR AND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS - April 1-15, 2000 IRAN BETWEEN LIBERALISM AND ORTHODOXY - April 16-30, 2000 THE PROBLEMATIQUE OF NATION-BUILDING IN SOUTH ASIA - THE CASE OF PAKISTAN - March 16-31, 2000 SOCIAL REFORMS AND POLITICAL ODDS - March 1-15, 2000 THREATS TO INDIAN CONSTITUTION? - February 16-28, 2000 THE BJP AND ITS ROOTS IN Gujarat - February 1-15, 2000 THE PAKISTANI TEXT BOOKS AND HATRED AGAINST INDIA - January 16-31, 2003 COMMUNALISM AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE-1999 - January 1-15, 2000 E-mail csss@vsnl.com · Tel (Off) 26149668, 26630085 — (R) 26630086 · Fax 091-022-26173624