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The 500 million Muslims who live in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka constitute roughly one-third of the world's Muslims. Their lives in the twenty-first century are challenging and diverse. Too often in recent years, they have been unfairly associated with terrorism, as anyone with a Muslim name who has passed through a Western airport will attest.
But South Asian Muslims do what other people do: they educate their children, earn livings, travel ...
The book studies the Supreme Court of India's interpretation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion and the influence of its perception on minorities and on the discourse of secularism and nationalism in the country. It examines the Court's decisions on Articles 25 to 30 of the Indian Constitution. It deals with SC interventions in the sphere of election campaigns, rights of minority educational institutions and religious conversions. It focuses on ...