How Have 170 Million Indian Muslims Remained Moderate?
This event has been relocated
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Centre for Ethics, Gerald Larkin Building, 2nd Floor, Room 200, 15 Devonshire Place |
Description
It is a fact, not commonly noticed, that Islam’s earliest contact with Europe and with India happened in the same year. In 711 Tareq Ibne Ziad crossed over from Morocco and occupied Jabal al Tareq (Gibraltar) which paved the way for Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula. It lasted 700 years.
In 711 Mohammad bin Qasim, an Arab, made his first probe into Sindh. The process of interaction with the largely Hindu population has continued to this day. Had the Partition of the subcontinent not taken place in 1947, there would have been 500 million Muslims in India who, because of Partition, have been parcelled into India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Even so, 170 million Muslims remained in India making it the world’s second largest Muslim population.
The remarkable cultural commerce over the 1,300 years has resulted in an exquisite cultural tapestry currently under pressure because of electoral politics.
This is the peg on which the 45 to 60 minutes talk will hang – studded with examples and some conclusions.
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Saeed Naqvi is senior Indian journalist, television commentator, interviewer, and a Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is also visiting Professor at Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia, and Senior Advisor at the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. He has interviewed world leaders and personalities in India and abroad, which appear in newspapers, magazines and on national television, remained editor of the World Report, a syndication service on foreign affairs, and has written for several publication, both global and Indian, including the BBC News, The Sunday Observer, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Indian Express and Outlook magazine. He has also authored two books, Reflections of an Indian Muslim and The Last Brahmin Prime Minister?
He is currently anchoring a primetime show “In Conversation” based on interviews with world statesman and other celebrities on NewsX, one of India’s most influential news channels.
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