Muslim modernities : Tabish Khair's essay on moderation and Mayhem 2001-2007 edited by Renu Kaul Verma
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi Vitasta c2018Description: 338p. P.BISBN: 9788189766085Subject(s): Moderation--Religious aspects--Islam Muslims--Social conditionsDDC classification: R 323.442 MUSItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ENGLISH Reference | St. Xavier's University, Kolkata Reference Section | Reference | R 323.442 MUS (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | S.X.U.K | 9875 | Not For Loan | UA9875 |
A secular world vs the Muslim world is the presumed order of the day and every individual inadvertently belongs to one camp or the other. Muslim Modernities is a collection of essays that embarks upon the difficult task of making our planet full of binaries a little less chaotic. From 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre, Iraq war, Danish Prophet cartoons, the arrest of Dr Haneef, to the Gujarat riots, Tabish Khair analyses all the issues objectively in the book. While taking a look at some of the most controversial contemporary issues, Khair does not forget that a coin always has two sides, and that
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