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Ziya Us Salam

A new book asks why a particular set of cities in India being renamed (and other related questions)

An excerpt from ‘Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View,’ by Ziya Us Salam.

Ziya Us Salam
· Dec 12, 2023 · 08:30 am
This book recounts the Muslim women’s stir in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and its refusal to back down

An excerpt from ‘Shaheen Bagh: From a Protest to a Movement’, by Ziya Us Salam and Uzma Ausaf.

Ziya Us Salam
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Uzma Ausaf
· Jul 10, 2020 · 06:30 pm
There was a time when Muslim women in India not only prayed in mosques, they even built them

An excerpt from ‘Women in Masjid’, by Ziya Us Salam.

Ziya Us Salam
· Dec 03, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘I am the other’: Have India’s Muslims been systematically pushed out of the mainstream?

Ziya Us Salam’s ‘Of Saffron Flags and Skull Caps’ explores with anguish and anger the continuous marginalisation of Muslims in India.

Ziya Us Salam
· Jul 03, 2018 · 06:30 pm
As the Supreme Court considers banning nikah-halala, a look at the contentious form of marriage

Halala, as it practised today, has no Islamic sanction, writes journalist Ziya Us Salam.

Ziya Us Salam
· Apr 23, 2018 · 08:30 am
What Delhi has lost with the closure of the Ritz cinema

Located between the Inter-State Bus Terminus and the Nigambodh Ghat, the theatre proved that matters of bereavement and entertainment could co-exist.

Ziya Us Salam
· Apr 06, 2016 · 03:00 pm

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The many delights of Delhi’s Delite cinema hall

The hall was started in response to Jawaharlal Nehru’s call for building Indian landmarks.

Ziya Us Salam
· May 23, 2015 · 03:30 pm

Ziya Us Salam

A new book asks why a particular set of cities in India being renamed (and other related questions)

An excerpt from ‘Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View,’ by Ziya Us Salam.

Ziya Us Salam · Dec 12, 2023 · 08:30 am

This book recounts the Muslim women’s stir in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and its refusal to back down

An excerpt from ‘Shaheen Bagh: From a Protest to a Movement’, by Ziya Us Salam and Uzma Ausaf.

Ziya Us Salam & Uzma Ausaf · Jul 10, 2020 · 06:30 pm

There was a time when Muslim women in India not only prayed in mosques, they even built them

An excerpt from ‘Women in Masjid’, by Ziya Us Salam.

Ziya Us Salam · Dec 03, 2019 · 07:30 am

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‘I am the other’: Have India’s Muslims been systematically pushed out of the mainstream?

Ziya Us Salam’s ‘Of Saffron Flags and Skull Caps’ explores with anguish and anger the continuous marginalisation of Muslims in India.

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As the Supreme Court considers banning nikah-halala, a look at the contentious form of marriage

Halala, as it practised today, has no Islamic sanction, writes journalist Ziya Us Salam.

Ziya Us Salam · Apr 23, 2018 · 08:30 am

What Delhi has lost with the closure of the Ritz cinema

Located between the Inter-State Bus Terminus and the Nigambodh Ghat, the theatre proved that matters of bereavement and entertainment could co-exist.

Ziya Us Salam · Apr 06, 2016 · 03:00 pm

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Nov 10, 2024 · 08:55 am

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Nov 09, 2024 · 03:25 pm

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The many delights of Delhi’s Delite cinema hall

The hall was started in response to Jawaharlal Nehru’s call for building Indian landmarks.

Ziya Us Salam · May 23, 2015 · 03:30 pm

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Ziya Us Salam
· Dec 12, 2023 · 08:30 am

Ziya Us Salam
&
Uzma Ausaf
· Jul 10, 2020 · 06:30 pm

Ziya Us Salam
· Dec 03, 2019 · 07:30 am

Ziya Us Salam
· Jul 03, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Ziya Us Salam
· Apr 23, 2018 · 08:30 am

Ziya Us Salam
· Apr 06, 2016 · 03:00 pm

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· May 23, 2015 · 03:30 pm