Download or read book Plight of Religious Minorities in India written by Tom Lantos and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the plight of religious minorities in India who are being ignored, threatened or marginalized. Though India has been a place of religious tolerance, there is a troubling trendline. There have been alarming instances of terrorism by Muslim Indian Mujahideen and militant Hindu nationalist groups. All of Indian society is being impacted by an indisputable rise in religious intolerance.
Download or read book Rights of Religious Minorities in India written by Manju Subhash and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plight of the Minorities written by Rudranand Thakur and published by Gyan Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PART ICONCEPTUAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS1. Introduction: Methodology 2. Concept of Minority 3. Constitutional Provisions and Judicial Pronouncementson Educational Rights of the Minorities 4. An Analysis of the Minority ManagedEducational Institutions 5. Financial Grievances of the Minority ManagedEducational Institutions 6. Financial Grievances Aggregated 7. Conclusion: Outcome and Recommendations PART IIINON-FINANCIAL AND OTHER GRIEVANCES8. Non-Financial Grievances of the MinorityManaged Educational Institutions 9. Minority Organisations and Institutions in thefield of Education: Some Case Studies 10. Non-Financial and Sundry other Grievancesof the Minority Managed EducationalInstitutions Aggregated 11. Conclusion: Outcome and Recommendations Appendices Selected Bibliography Index
Download or read book Minorities in India written by Anil Bhuimali and published by Serials Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Well Being Of People Is Unquestionably The Ultimate Object Of All Development Efforts Of A Country And The Basic Quest Of Human Endeavour Is Always To Seek A Better Quality Of Life. The Quality Of Life Of Citizens Of A Nation Can Be Effectively Improved Only By Raising The Standards Of Living Of The People On The Street And In Rural Areas. Social Empowerment In General Is Very Fundamental In Achieving This Goal. The Institution Of Democracy Provides A Strong Foundation For Harmonizing Social And Economic Objectives. Thus, Within The Broad Democratic Framework There Are Great Opportunities For Synergying And Economic Growth Programmes To Deliver Better Quality Of Life In The Shortest Possible Span Of Time. In India, The Plight Of Muslim Is Not Better Than That Of Belonging To Other Social Groups. Due To The Impact Of Modernization, Westernization, Globalization, Democracy, Socio-Economic Changes, Legal Enactment Pertaining To Muslim, Society Is Advancing Towards Gender Just And Equates Systems, Giving The Way To Empowerment And Advancement Of Muslim In India. The Concept Of Minority Rights Is Growing Momentum In India. The Constitutional And Legal Measures For The Protection Of Rights Of The Minorities Do Provide Protection To Minority Population Against The Exploitation And Violation Of Their Rights As Well As Equal Opportunities For Their Advancement And Development, However, The Plight Of Muslims In India Is Found To Be Grim Which Has Been Well Depicted In The Report Of High Power Committee Under The Chairmanship Of Justice Rajinder Sachar. Development As A Human Right Approach Is Imperative For Understanding The Development Of Minority Population And Also Realizing Their Rights. The Volume Highlights Some Of The Important Dimensions, Aspects And Issues Of Human Rights In The Context Of Muslim Population In India. The Volume Comprises Of 16 Papers Dealing With Different Themes And Dimensions Of Rights Of The Muslim Population. Some Of The Papers Also Focus On The Marginalization Of Muslim Population Due To Armed Conflict, Development Induced Displacement And Conflict Induced Displacement While A Few Papers Highlights The Development Perspective In The Context Of Muslim Population In India. It Is Expected That The Present Volume Will Be Useful In Understanding The Dynamics Of Human Rights Of Muslim Population And Evolving Strategies For The Protection Of Human Rights Of Muslim
Download or read book Plight of Muslims in India written by S. Harman and published by London : DL Publications, 1974 [i.e. 1976]. This book was released on 1977 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on social integration of the Islamic minority group in India - examines cultural factors which have contributed to social conflict and unharmonious intergroup relations, presents survey data, etc., and recommends that moslems undertake voluntary cultural change and undergo acculturation to the surrounding hindu majority.
Download or read book Minorities in Contemporary India written by Sebastian Vempeny and published by Kanishka Publishers Distributors. This book was released on 2003 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Comprehensive Study Of The Two Prominent Religious Minorities, Muslims And Christians, In India.
Download or read book Minorities of India written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed papers presented at a seminar.
Download or read book Indian Muslim Minorities and the 1857 Rebellion written by Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While jihad has been the subject of countless studies in the wake of recent terrorist attacks, scholarship on the topic has so far paid little attention to South Asian Islam and, more specifically, its place in South Asian history. Seeking to fill some gaps in the historiography, Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst examines the effects of the 1857 Rebellion (long taught in Britain as the 'Indian Mutiny') on debates about the issue of jihad during the British Raj. Morgenstein Fuerst shows that the Rebellion had lasting, pronounced effects on the understanding by their Indian subjects (whether Muslim, Hindu or Sikh) of imperial rule by distant outsiders. For India's Muslims their interpretation of the Rebellion as jihad shaped subsequent discourses, definitions and codifications of Islam in the region. Morgenstein Fuerst concludes by demonstrating how these perceptions of jihad, contextualised within the framework of the 19th century Rebellion, continue to influence contemporary rhetoric about Islam and Muslims in the Indian subcontinent.Drawing on extensive primary source analysis, this unique take on Islamic identities in South Asia will be invaluable to scholars working on British colonial history, India and the Raj, as well as to those studying Islam in the region and beyond.
Download or read book Minorities and the State written by Abhijit Dasgupta and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text discusses the enormity of problems faced by two numerically significant religious minority groups - Hindus in Bangladesh and Muslims in West Bengal, India.
Download or read book Religious Minorities in Pakistan written by Iftikhar Haider Malik and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pogrom in Gujarat written by Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. The ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party blamed Gujarat's entire Muslim minority for the tragedy and incited fellow Hindus to exact revenge. The resulting violence left more than one thousand people dead--most of them Muslims--and tens of thousands more displaced from their homes. Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi witnessed the bloodshed up close. In Pogrom in Gujarat, he provides a riveting ethnographic account of collective violence in which the doctrine of ahimsa--or nonviolence--and the closely associated practices of vegetarianism became implicated by legitimating what they formally disavow. Ghassem-Fachandi looks at how newspapers, movies, and other media helped to fuel the pogrom. He shows how the vegetarian sensibilities of Hindus and the language of sacrifice were manipulated to provoke disgust against Muslims and mobilize the aspiring middle classes across caste and class differences in the name of Hindu nationalism. Drawing on his intimate knowledge of Gujarat's culture and politics and the close ties he shared with some of the pogrom's sympathizers, Ghassem-Fachandi offers a strikingly original interpretation of the different ways in which Hindu proponents of ahimsa became complicit in the very violence they claimed to renounce.
Download or read book The Pariah Problem written by Rupa Viswanath and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once known as "Pariahs," Dalits are primarily descendants of unfree agrarian laborers. They belong to India's most subordinated castes, face overwhelming poverty and discrimination, and provoke public anxiety. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped sources, this book follows the conception and evolution of the "Pariah Problem" in public consciousness in the 1890s. It shows how high-caste landlords, state officials, and well-intentioned missionaries conceived of Dalit oppression, and effectively foreclosed the emergence of substantive solutions to the "Problem"—with consequences that continue to be felt today. Rupa Viswanath begins with a description of the everyday lives of Dalit laborers in the 1890s and highlights the systematic efforts made by the state and Indian elites to protect Indian slavery from public scrutiny. Protestant missionaries were the first non-Dalits to draw attention to their plight. The missionaries' vision of the Pariahs' suffering as being a result of Hindu religious prejudice, however, obscured the fact that the entire agrarian political–economic system depended on unfree Pariah labor. Both the Indian public and colonial officials came to share a view compatible with missionary explanations, which meant all subsequent welfare efforts directed at Dalits focused on religious and social transformation rather than on structural reform. Methodologically, theoretically, and empirically, this book breaks new ground to demonstrate how events in the early decades of state-sponsored welfare directed at Dalits laid the groundwork for the present day, where the postcolonial state and well-meaning social and religious reformers continue to downplay Dalits' landlessness, violent suppression, and political subordination.
Download or read book Promoting and Protecting Minority Rights written by United Nations and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The present guide offers information related to norms and mechanisms developed to protect the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. It includes detailed information about procedures and forums in which minority issues may be raised to minorities and by also covering selected specialized agencies and regional mechanisms, the present Guide complements information contained in Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society"--Introduction.
Download or read book Essentials of Hindutva written by V.D. SAVARKAR and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U S written by Barbara A. McGraw and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S. provides a broad, inclusive, and rich range of chapters, in the study of religion and politics. Arranged in their historical context, chapters address themes of history, law, social and religious movements, policy and political theory. Broadens the parameters of this timely subject, and includes the latest work in the field Draws together newly-commissioned essays by distinguished authors that are cogent for scholars, while also being in a style that is accessible to students. Provides a balanced and inclusive approach to religion and politics in the U.S. Engages diverse perspectives from various discourses about religion and politics across the political and disciplinary spectra, while placing them in their larger historical context
Download or read book Christianity in India written by Rebecca Samuel Shah and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity has been present in India since at least the third century, but the faith remains a small minority. Even so, Christianity is growing rapidly in parts of the subcontinent, and has made an impact far beyond its numbers. Yet Indian Christianity remains highly controversial, and it has suffered growing discrimination and violence. This book shows how Christian converts and communities continue to make contributions to Indian society, even amid social pressure and violent persecution. In a time of controversy in India about the legitimacy of conversion and the value of religious diversity, Christianity in India addresses the complex issues of faith, identity, caste, and culture. It documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights, providing education and healthcare, fighting injustice and exploitation, and stimulating economic uplift for the poor. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how these active initiatives often invite persecution today. The essays draw on intimate and personal encounters with Christians in India, past and present, and address the challenges of religious freedom in contemporary India.
Download or read book Religious Freedom in the Global South written by Waheeda Amien and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to create a space for contributions on religious freedom in the Global South. The contributions speak to diverse themes underscoring religious freedom in the Global South including the impact of religious freedom on majority and minority religious communities, the relationship between religious freedom and the state, and the relationship between religious freedom and other fundamental human rights. Through the adoption of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches, and with reference to various religions such as Islam, Hinduism, Sufism, Sikhism, and Christianity, contributors address the themes across several regions in the world including Africa, South Asia, South-East Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe. Depending on the social, legal, and political context and by relying on diverse examples such as the Muslim call to prayer (adhan), domestic violence, animal sacrifice, religious conversions, abortion, the rights of LGBT persons, and religious education in the public sphere, the contributions illustrate how religious freedom can undermine or promote the rights of majority or minority religious communities, and how it can impact on the rights of marginalised members within minority religious communities.
