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Narratives around religious conversion are reshaping laws, policing, and daily life for minorities across South Asia. From legal harassment to mob violence, this discussion highlights regional patterns raising urgent questions about religious freedom and state accountability.
Explainer
In this video, renowned author and Islamic scholar Dr. Javed Jamil explains the true meaning of Jihad, a concept that has been repeatedly misrepresented in public discourse. At its core, Jihad refers to the struggle against injustice and evil — whether internal (self-discipline and moral restraint) or external (oppression, exploitation, and
Documentary
"They were beating to kill." Six years after the police crackdown at Jamia Millia Islamia, survivors recount the trauma of December 15. From the library assault to the lingering silence on campus, this is the story of a "black day" and the elusive wait for justice.
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Sr. Advocate MR Shamshad exposes how selective justice—from Babri to Waqf—is eroding equality. A deep dive into the crisis of institutional accountability and the urgent need for constitutional literacy to protect minority rights in India.
Research
Archaeology shapes how we imagine the present by helping us understand the past, and it remains a crucial tool for doing so. But in India, it often intersects with Hindutva narratives. From Ayodhya to Keezhadi, this article examines how archaeology is shaped by the contexts in which it is produced.
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Revisiting Hallaq’s critique of the modern state, the episode highlights how both the ‘Islamic polity’ and the ‘nation-state’ are often theorized through idealized, hypothetical models that never fully existed in practice. We trace the historical role of Jamiat, Deoband, and other Muslim institutions that emerged in periods of relative
Politics
Is the crisis of secular politics merely operational or deeply ideological? We dissect the Bihar verdict, the exclusion of Muslim agency, and why the opposition must move beyond tokenism toward genuine power-sharing to survive.
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Dr. Shamsul Islam dives into RSS archives to challenge established narratives. From the origins of the Two-Nation Theory to the freedom struggle, discover what their own records reveal about India's past.
Decrypted by Nous
Despite forming 17% of Bihar’s population, Muslims remain largely invisible in its development story. Concentrated in Seemanchal’s poorest districts, they face deep gaps in education, jobs, and representation—raising urgent questions ahead of the 2025 Bihar election.
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Bihar is India’s third-most populous state — yet remains one of its most underdeveloped. But behind Bihar’s well-known struggles lies a story almost never told: the story of its Muslim citizens, especially in Seemanchal. Muslims make up 17% of Bihar’s population — one in every six people — but remain
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In this episode of Nous Network, journalist Asad Ashraf speaks with former IPS officer and author Abdur Rahman, whose books Denial and Deprivation and Absent in Politics and Power explore the marginalization of Indian Muslims. The discussion focuses on the political exclusion of Muslims in India, with a special emphasis
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In this episode, we speak with Prof. Vipin Kumar Tripathi, a retired IIT Delhi professor advocating for communal harmony, secularism, and social justice. Shaped by his Gandhian freedom-fighter father and Muslim teacher Ahmed Baksh, Prof. Tripathi’s journey led him from academia to activism, sparked by the 1982 Lebanon attack