The Muslim Reality in India is a collection of articles dealing with several aspects of Muslim presence in post-independence India. This edited volume highlights not only the problems the Muslim community is confronted with, but also shows the way ahead. The most obvious and visible reality in India is its pluralistic and composite culture. Every multicultural society is a unique experience; it creates and solves problems. The book in your hand has discussed it very well.
Indian Muslims feel marginalized politically, economically and socially. Their educational status is pathetic, to say the least. But what has been frightening the Muslims the most is the frequent outbreak of communal violence. There is also the lurking danger of uniform civil code which has the potential to violently polarize the country along communal lines. Similarly wide- spread discrimination, and in some cases social exclusion are also important problems. There are internal as well as external reasons behind the problems mentioned above. The Muslim Reality in India is an attempt to analyse the problems objectively and find out viable solutions to them. Like the causes of the problems, the solutions, too, are both internal and external. The Muslim Reality in India is thus an objective analysis as well as approach to solve the problems of the largest minority in the country.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Pluralistic Ethos of India
Pirzada Mohammad Amin
Chapter 2 : Marginalization of Muslims in Rural India
Abdul Matin
Chapter 3 : Police and Minorities in India
AmanMohd. Khan
Chapter 4 : Uniform Civil Code and Judicial Activism
Shakeel A. Samdani
Chapter 5 : Muslim Women in India
Sekh Rahim Mondal
Chapter 6 : Muslim Education in West Bengal
M.K.A. Siddiqui
Chapter 7 : Madrasa Education in Rayalaseema
M. Mohammad Irfan
Chapter 8 : School Dropouts among Muslim Boys and Girls
MusarrathBanu K.
Chapter 9 : Indian Muslim: Prospects and Retrospect
Zahoor Mohammad Khan
Chapter 10 : Possible Means for the Development of Awqaf in India
Syed Khalid Rashid
Chapter 11 : Theory and Practice of Islamic Banking in the Light of Indian Banking Law
AhsanulHaq
Chapter 12 : Globalization and Education: Opportunities and Challenges for Indian Muslims
Abdul Waheed
Chapter 13 : Overcoming Social Exclusion: Lessons from Kerala Muslims
MuhammedHaris K.T
Chapter 14 : The Education of Muslims in Malabar, Kerala
Anwar Sadath
Chapter 15 : Islamic Response to Modern Education
Ishtiyaque Danish
List of Contributors
Index
