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भारतातील मुस्लिम राजकारण [Bhartatil Muslim Rajkaran]
This is a thought-provoking book written by great Social reformer Hamid Dalwai . First edition came in 1968 , Dilip Chitre edited & translated this book in English. Hamid Dalwai ( 1932 To1977) was a well known author in Marathi. He wrote only 5 books ( fiction and nonfiction) but they are very important, as the contents in it is devoted to the life of common Muslim mind & Muslim Politics in India.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1968
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Hamid Dalwai
9 books17 followersHamid Umar Dalwai was a Muslim social reformer, thinker, activist and Marathi language writer in Maharashtra, India
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March 4, 2013
All Muslim leaders unanimously complain that injustice is done to Muslims in India. However, they have a strange definition of injustice. They suggest, indirectly no doubt, that the very fact that India has a Hindu majority is in itself a great injustice to Muslims. How else can one understand the programme of the Mashawarat which demands sovereign rights for the Muslim community? In their own way, Muslim leaders are continuously trying to remove this injustice. One of the methods of ensuring justice is to claim that Pakistani infiltrators in Assam are not Pakistani at all. A second method is to demand the granting of Indian citizenship to those Pakistanis who are illegal residents of Bihar, West Bengal and some other states of India. A third method is to oppose family planning. A professor from Aligarh University was quite frank about this. He said: "Hindus cannot keep us permanently in a minority. Remember the history of Canada? How did the question of Quebec arise? Those citizens of Quebec who are of English origin are Protestants and they practise family planning. But those who are of French origin are Catholics who never planned their families nor are doing so even today. As a result, the number of French-speaking Catholics in Quebec has increased in relation to the number of English-speaking Protestants. Now the French-speaking Catholics have started protecting their own rights and interests. We shall follow the same example. If not today, fifty years hence; if not fifty, a hundred years hence. This country will eventually be swept by an Islamic tide." The professor was quite forthright in expressing his views. There are other leaders of Indian Muslims who say the same thing although they couch it in clever phrases. They say, "Our religion does not permit family planning. Grant us the freedom to practise our religion"
Source: Muslim politics in India by Hamid Dalwai, 1969
This book by a serious Muslim Reformer is an Authoritative Book on Muslim Politics in India after Independence.
Source: Muslim politics in India by Hamid Dalwai, 1969
This book by a serious Muslim Reformer is an Authoritative Book on Muslim Politics in India after Independence.
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December 14, 2021Truly noble book but especially dangerous for today's time. It argues that Muslims must secularise themselves and that alone can solve the issues of Hindu-Muslim aggression and violence. Secularism is the author's prescriptions to all ills - this means the acceptance of Western Science and education, strict family planning, the unequivocal application of Uniform Civil Code, and the acceptance of Article 370. The author consistently speaks of the 'Muslim attitude' and the 'Muslim Mind' but what do they mean? The author does not sufficiently speak of the potential of the Tyranny of the Majority in India. Overall, it is Bruno Bauer's Jewish Question for India's Muslims. I would like to think of Quraishi's 'The Population Myth' as Marx's 'On the Jewish Q'.
June 21, 2017
best book for those who are muslims & those who are against muslims as well..
June 12, 2020
nice book
March 27, 2024
Worth reading.
March 23, 2024
Muslim politics in India
Takes you back in 60's and early 70's but each word will make you relate it with the current political situation and the sad truth of Indian politics - Appeasement of the masses for votes...
Takes you back in 60's and early 70's but each word will make you relate it with the current political situation and the sad truth of Indian politics - Appeasement of the masses for votes...
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