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"The complete lack of any clarity about this timeline of redevelopment has left us dismayed about how to plan for research in the coming years and guide our students accordingly."
Persecution of Muslims Is No Longer About Divisive Politics, the Real Motive Is To Dehumanise
Our leaders appear to have succeeded in polarising society to such an extent that their electoral victories are almost guaranteed. Then, why are they going with ever-increasing gusto for crimes that target Muslims?
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Communalism02/Apr/2021
Recently, a Muslim boy was assaulted in Dasna, Ghaziabad for the âheinous crimeâ of having taken water from a temple. In another incident, a young Muslim man was assaulted in Khajuri Khas, Delhi for some unknown reason.
It could perhaps be argued that in a country where, according to the National Crime Records Bureauâs âCrime in India-2019â, nearly 52 lakh crimes take place in a year, why we should be concerned about two crimes.
Secularisation, once a key concept in debates about modernisation and modernity, has received very little academic attention over the last half century. In fact, it is often seen as a subset of or engulfed within secularism, which has been central to academic and political debates about democracy, nationalism and contemporary politics. In this special issue, we focus on both in their mutual interaction. It provides a mix of theoretically informed pieces with detailed, contextualised research adding granularity to the discussions by asking: Can secularisation happen without secularism? Or vice versa? What kinds of secularisation have specific versions of secularism promoted? Have there been reversals in secularisation, or has it been a largely linear process in south Asia?