Molvi Rasul Shah (1855-1909)
Mirwaiz Rasul Shah followed Sir Syed Ahmad Khan at a time when the educational deficit had started crippling Kashmiri Muslims, writes M J Aslam
Mirwaiz...
Muslim Women Inheritance
It is a mixed bag of surprises and challenges when it comes to inheritance in the case of women in Kashmir. Syed Shadab Ali...
‘The helpers of God’
Their founder Moulana Maududi called Jama’at as ‘the helpers of God,’ who were seen rescuing and providing relief to flood-hit recently. Bilal Handoo sums...
Kashmir: The Haj Economy
Almost every year, more than 30,000 Muslims go on Haj and Umrah pilgrimages from Jammu and Kashmir and spend more than Rs 750 crore....
For Love Of The Land
At the peak of insurgency against Indian rule in Kashmir valley when Pandit community became easy targets of unidentified gunmen, in many cases separatist...
Reliving Faith
The historic mosque of Khanqah-e-Mualla which was built by the son of Shah-e-Hamdam in the heart of Srinagar city has played an influential role...
“For around 15 minutes, nobody knew who is where and who is doing what....
State’s junior Home Minister Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo led the state government team to Gool that was at the peak of crisis. He spoke to...
The Shrine Contribution
A small shrine nested in Kashmir’s Pir Panchal Mountains in Shahadra Sharief funded a huge university in Rajouri’s backyard. The Ghulam Shah Badshah University...
Outsourcing a Sacrifice
Millions of Muslims converge to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia. As they offer mandatory animal sacrifices, the meat is supplied to the impoverished African...
The Chenab Conflagration
Worst communal clashing on Eid led to three brutal deaths, massive property loss and visible gulf between the two communities in Kishtwar. As the...
‘We Must Look at Our Past with All Its Dissensions, Pain-learn and Understand the...
With PhD from the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture (1999) and a post-doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022), Dr Hakeem Sameer Hamdni’s...
Faithfully Disowned
As the ruling bipolar grouping gets into second year of its version 2.0, tensions are increasing within the small Muslim minorities scattered across Dogra...
A knot of faith
Their firm belief that wishes are granted at shrines takes the form of a unique ritual. Devotees tie votives for whatever they wish and...
Buta Malik Lives!
After a formal Board took over the management of the yearly Amarnath yatra, stakeholding of Purohits, Mahant’s and the Maliks’ of Batakote was over....
Settling Controversy
As the government plans creating ‘composite’ townships for getting migrant Kashmiri Pandits back home, it has triggered lot of heat and dust with people...
