The role of Muslim clerics in India’s freedom movement has been individually chronicled in the past. Beginning from the first decade of the 19th century to 1947, this book weaves a single narrative to connect all the leading ulemas for the first time. It examines the role of these clerics in attempting to use the idea of jihad as an instrument for combating colonialism in South Asia as far back as 1914. This is remembered as the Silk Letter Movement, which in the records of the British Home Department is referred to as the Silk Conspiracy Case.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tariq Hasan
Tariq Hasan is an Aligarh based Journalist. He joined the Aligarh Muslim University in 1965. After a brief stint in industry, he entered the field of journalism in 1975. he has worked with The Pioneer (Lucknow). The Patriot (New Delhi). The Times of India (New Delhi) and the Press Trust of India (PTI). His main sphere of interest lies in Muslim affairs and environment and wildlife issues. He has covered the affairs of AMU for more than two decades. He was president of India’s nominee at the AMU court for three years. His family was closely associated with the establishment of the Aligarh Muslim University and the freedom movement. the late Maulvi Samiullah Khan, a co-founder of the AMU and the founder of the Muslim Boarding House of the Allahabad University was the author’s mother’s great grandfather. Abdul Majeed Khwaja, the author’s grandfather was among the founding fathers of the Jamia Millia Islamia.
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