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Meraj Din

Mehraj Din is currently working as an assistant professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the department of Islamic Studies, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Kashmir. He obtained his Ph.D. in Islamic Political Theology from Shah-i-Hamadan Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Kashmir. His work focuses on the nexus of theology, ethics, politics and its manifestation and culmination of discursive Islamic tradition, with comparative interest in contemporary Islamic and Western thought. He is equally interested in diverse intellectual and political movements in the Muslim world and has keen interest on the question of Islam in Kashmir.

Stories By Meraj Din

Meraj Din

Response To Jordan Peterson’s Message To Muslims

Five Islamic thinkers weigh in on Jordan Peterson's recent video message to Muslims, calling it patronizing and tone-deaf.
Meraj Din

Two Kashmirs : Suffering And Spirituality

Islam in Kashmir Kashmir, a Muslim majority region, marred with seven decades of conflict and suffering, has twin identities; one described by a famous poet Mahjoor...
Meraj Din

Dr. Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri: In Memory Of An Eminent South Asian Scholar And Historian

On 2nd February 2021, Dr Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri, a widely acclaimed scholar from South Asia, was mourned not only in his home of Pakistan but among...
Meraj Din

Surveillance, Detentions And Politics of Fear: Managing Kashmir The Palestinian Way

As Israel incarcerates Palestinians and India continues to systematically Otherize and disempower Kashmiris—a reflection on the predicament of ethnic, religious and racial bio-minorities. Events since September...
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Dr. Yaseen Mazhar Siddiqui: An Obituary Of A Scholar of Seerah

A leading scholar of Islamic studies with focus on Seerah literature and history, he unconventionally broke many stereotypes—both orthodox and modern and all his life epitomized...
Meraj Din

The Perennial Siege: Kashmir’s Tense Lockdown Anniversary

A year after the revocation of Article 370—special status of the valley, Kashmir continues to be under security lockdown, intermittent internet restrictions, almost negligible functioning of...
Meraj Din

Democracy, Citizenship, And Islamophobia: The Making Of A New India

When tracing the political genealogy of modern India after its partition in 1947, historians identify the two defining principles used by the state as secularism and...