Horror Saga—A lyrical ballad written from jail
Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui was been incarcerated since 2006 for “involvement” in the Mumbai Train blast case, was on death row since 2015, then acquitted in 2025. He was first arrested in 2001 for being a member of SIM (Students’ Islamic Movement) while he was a third year student of chemical engineering in Raigadh. Later, he was released on bail on the condition that he should report at Kurla police station twice a day. As a result, he could not complete his education. He started a printing business and later established Shahadah, an Islamic book publishing house, in 2004 and got married in 2005. For the 11 July 2006 blasts, he was arrested on 24 July 2006.
Human Rights in Islam
Justice Panickaveettil Kottilungal Shamsuddin (born 1931), was a judge of the Kerala High Court during 1986-1993. Supreme Court designated him as a senior advocate in 1999. He received many national and international awards and was involved with a number of educational and cultural organisations in India and abroad as well as in peace-making efforts in his home state. He contributed many articles to newspapers and magazines and published a work on human rights in Islam and his autobiography, both in Malayalam.
Hyderabad 1948: An Avoidable Invasion
“The “Police Action” of 1948 against Hyderabad State remains a blind spot in the post-Partition history of India. While Pakistan
Image and Substance: Modi’s First Year in Office
It is indeed paradoxical that political strategy exercised by the same man, which led to BJP’s defeat in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls, played a key role in helping the same party return to power in 2014 with a massive mandate. The man was the same, Narendra Modi. But the strategy exercised by him and his team during their campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was totally different. With a focus on this, the author, a veteran journalist and commentator, probes into what can be viewed as a communication strategy during Modi’s first year in office as Prime Minister. The alacrity with which Modi has, throughout his political career, displayed his tendency to dominate media headlines stands out too markedly to be ignored. This has been an important tool of his communication strategy. This book elaborates on the degree to which Modi’s communication strategy can be viewed as a success in promoting his credentials as India’s premier.
Indian Freedom Movement and RSS: A story of Betrayal
KB Hedgewar, founder of RSS, said ordering RSS cadres to keep away from the Freedom Movement: “The Sangh must stay
Indian Nationalism versus Hindu Nationalism
Contents: Introduction / Fascism / Fundamentalism / Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh / Indian National Congress / Freedom Struggle, RSS and Hindu Mahasabha / Struggle for Indian Freedom / Role of Hindu Communalists / Nationalism / Hindutva Movement / Social Base of RSS Combine / Hindutva and the exploited, oppressed sections of society / Women’s movement / Dalits / Minorities / RSS Ideology in Practice / Doctoring History for Political Goals / Adivasis / Complimenting Imperialist Designs / RSS-run Schools / Ambedkar’s Ideology / Was Gandhi Impressed by RSS? / Manufacturing and Undermining National Icons / Conclusions / Ten most aggressive fringe elements of the Parivar / Pledge of RSS / Constitution of RSS
Innocent Prisoners (Begunah Qaidi)
Stories of Muslim youth falsely implicated in 7/11 Mumbai train blasts and other terror cases
“Structured by a masterful plot line” — Veena Das, Professor of Anthropology,
Johns Hopkins University
“Powerful work of prison literature”— Mahmood Farooqui, Hindustan Times
Iran mein kuch din (Urdu) ایران میں کچھ دن
ایران ایک ایسا ملک ہے جس کا ماضی بعید بھی ہے اور قریب بھی۔ حال بھی ہے تو مستقبل بھی
Iraq War: Untold story of the American invasion and Iraqi resistance
Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) reports and analyses complied by Zafarul-Islam Khan puts forth the untold story of the American invasion
Ishrat Jahan Encounter (Urdu) عشرت جہاں انکاؤنٹر
یہ تحقیقی کتاب مقتولہ عشرت جہاں کے گھر والوں اور دوسرے متعلقین سے مل کر اور اس حادثے سے متعلق
Islam & Ahmadism – A reply to questions raised by Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru
Qadianism, or Ahmadism as its followers call it, was a rebellion against Islam – a sort of fifth column to destroy Islam from within. It was a British imperialist need to blunt Muslim resistance to the colonial power. The founder of the new faith, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, was never ashamed of his services to the British Empire.
Over the years a lie has been spread in the Subcontinent the Iqbal, the great poet-philosopher of the Orient and an ardent defender of pristine Islam, was a Qadiani himself! This lie has been lapped up by the Hindutva press in India.
This work shows that on the contrary Iqbal was forcefully opposed to Qadianism and regarded it as a rebellion against Islam. Here he responds to certain observation of Pandit Nehru (which are also reproduced).
Iqbal’s observations remain as relevant today as ever: they will help you understand why Muslims react so strongly against similar recent characters like Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasreen…
Islamic Company Law – A Comparative Juristic Analysis
…The demands made by Muslim masses on their leaders to apply Islamic law in its entirety makes it imperative for
Jang-e Azadi aur Musalman (Hindi) जंगे आज़ादी और मुसलमान
ख़ालिद मोहम्मद ख़ान, नवाब सरदार दोस्त मुहम्मद ख़ान, संस्थापक रियासत भोपाल (मध्य प्रदेश) के परिवार से है। उनके द्वारा इस
Karkare ke Qatil kaun? کرکرے کے قاتل کون Hindustan mein dahshatgardi ka asl chehra
ہندوستان میں ریاستی اور غیر ریاستی عناصر کے ذریعہ سیاسی تشدد اور دہشت گردی کی تاریخ طویل ہے۔ 1990 کی دہائی کے وسط میں ہندتوا کے عروج کے ساتھ مسلمانوں پر ’’دہشت گردی‘‘ میں ملوّث ہونے کے الزام میں شدّت آگئی اور مرکز میں اقتدار پر بی جے پی کے قبضہ کے بعد یہ الزام سرکاری نظریہ بن گیا، یہاں تک کہ ’’سیکولر‘‘ میڈیا بھی سیکیورٹی ایجنسیوں کے اسٹونوگرافر کی طرح ان کی کہانیوں کو من وعن دہرانے لگا۔ چنانچہ مسلمانوں کے ’’دہشت گرد‘‘ قرار دئے جانے کامفروضہ اس حد تک مسلمہ نظریہ بن گیا کہ بعض مسلمان بھی اس جھوٹے پروپگنڈے کو سچ سمجھنے لگے۔ ممتاز ریٹائرڈ سینئر پولس افسر ایس ۔ام۔مشرف نے ، جن کو تیلگی اسٹامپ گھوٹالے جیسے سنگین جرم کا پردہ فاش کرنے کا امتیاز حاصل ہے، پولیس ملازمت کے اپنے طویل تجربے اور عوام کی دسترس تک پہنچنے والے مواد کو استعمال کرکے اس جھوٹے پروپگنڈے کے پردے کے پیچھے کا منظر نامہ پیش کیا ہے۔ انہوں نے کچھ انتہائی چونکا دینے والے حقائق بیان کئے ہیں اور ان کے تجزیہ نے نام نہاد ’’اسلامی دہشت گردی‘‘ کے پیچھے چھپے اصل چہرے کو بے نقاب کردیا ہے۔ یہ چہرہ ان مکروہ طاقتوںکا ہے جنہوں نے مہاراشٹر پولیس کے انسداد دہشت گردی دستے کے سربراہ ہیمنت کرکر ے کو قتل کیا۔شہید کرکرے نے جواں مردی اور حق پرستی کا مظاہرے کرتے ہوئے اصل دہشت گردوں کو بے نقاب کیا تھا اور اس کی قیمت اپنی جان کا نذرانہ پیش کرکے ادا کی۔ کتاب میں دہشت گردی کے چند بڑے واقعات کا گہرائی سے جائزہ لیا گیاہے جن کو ’’ اسلامی دہشت گردی‘‘ سے منسوب کیا گیاہے اور اس مفروضے کو بے بنیاد ثابت کیا ہے۔
Karkare na Qatilo Kaun? ગુજરાતી (Gujarati)
Bharitya aatankvaad no asli chehro કરકરેના કાતિલો કોણ? ભારત મા આતંકવાદનો અસલી ચેહરો લેખક : ઍસ. ઍમ. મુશરીફ (પૂર્વ આઇ.
Know the RSS: Based on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Documents
Contents: Introduction Is it true that the RSS idolizes fascism & Hitler? Is RSS loyal to National Flag? Is RSS loyal to Constitution of India? Does RSS have faith in Democracy, Secularism and Federalism? Why was RSS banned after the murder of Gandhiji? Did RSS support the Freedom Movement? Does RSS respect martyrs of the Freedom Movement like Bhagat Singh? How does non-political RSS manipulate national politics? Is BJP independent of RSS? Is RSS helping organizations like ISI? Does RSS believe in Two-Nation Theory like pre-Partition Muslim League? Endnotes
Letters of Spies — How British captured Delhi in 1857
Little is known about the Revolt of 1857 from the rebels perspective. But there is a large body of official records, diaries and personal narratives of the British officials and others who witnessed the ‘Mutiny’. Even though these mainly contain the heavily biased British version, they also contain significant details about the rebels and their cause. For more than a decade the author has been collecting rare documents (in Persian, Urdu, English and Hindi) of the period of 1857 rebellion from India and outside.
Manipuri Muslims: Historical Perspectives 615-2000 CE
Manipur’s little-known Muslim communities have a long and rich history, dating from the time of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). In this exhaustive historical account, Farooque Ahmed traces the arrival of Islam in the region in 615 CE through the Prophet’s companion S’ad ibn abi Waqqas, an uncle of the Prophet, who also was instrumental in spreading Islam in China. Around the same time, an Arab Muslim family settled in the Manipur region and over the centuries Muslim traders, settlers and preachers helped the nascent community expand, flourish and thrive. These waves of migrations and local conversions coalesced into a unique identity of ‘Pangal Musalman’ reflecting the egalitarian and congregational ideals of Islam.
Minorities Commission: Minor Role in Major Affairs
The Minorities Commission, established in 1978 under a Government resolution, was brought under parliamentary legislation fourteen years later as the
Mushawarat Documents—Resolutions, Memoranda and Statements of the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat 1964-2015
This collection of documents, being published separately in Urdu and English, covers the work of the first 50 years of the history of the Indian Muslim common platform, the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat whose triumphs, trials and travails are the same as that of the Indian Muslim community, the largest Muslim concentration in the world after Indonesia. Each volume in this collection includes the records that could be found in English or Urdu. It shows that not much changed for the community over these years. Yet this collection has a lot for us in terms of lessons, hope and apprehension for the future.
Muslims Against Partition of India — Revisiting the legacy of patriotic Muslims
Dr. Shamsul Islam has written the most neglected chapter in the history of the Indian freedom struggle: on Muslims who
My Reflections عکسِ خیال (Eng/Urdu Poetry)
The book is a collection of a little over fifty selected poems and ghazals reflecting personal ethos of the poet and his views on various manifestations in personal and social life. The translation in English makes it possible to share all that with a cross section of people speaking languages other than Urdu and at the same time to encourage all to dig into the treasures Urdu language has been hoarding and hiding for ages. This book is a sort of exhortation to others to break the inertia and come out with whatever presentable they possess. This will be a service to the language and the colourful culture it represents.
Palestine Essays
The Milli Gazette organised an essay competition in 2015 to spread awareness about the Palestinian tragedy which continues to fester
Prophet Muhammad: The Role Model (Eight Lectures on his Life known as Khutbat-e Madras)
This work contains eight lectures on various aspects of Prophet Muhammad’s life. These lectures were delivered in October and November 1925 in Madras, hence the book is popularly known in Urdu as Khutbat-e Madras (Madras Lectures). Its author was a student of Allama Shibli Nu’mani and completed most parts of the legendary and unsurpassed Urdu biography of the Prophet, Siratun Nabi, in seven volumes, that he started.
Punchline
Irfan's cartoons visualize the thoughts of the Aam Aadmi and few of his recent political cartoons are highly acclaimed. Famously called the “political cartoonist Irfan” got sentenced for 4 months for making a cartoon on former Chief Justice of India in 2007. This matter is still pending in the Supreme Court of India. His political humor exceeds all limits and brings the harsh facts pictured through dumb yet vicious cartoons.
Ram Janambhumi–Babri Masjid Ka Sach (Urdu) رامجنمبھومی- بابریمسجد کا سچ
جب پرسکون اجودھیا میں کچھفرقہپرست طاقتیں گنگا جمنی تہذیب کو آگ لگانے کی کوشش کرنے لگیںتو ایسے حالات میں شیتلا
Reading Savarkar
Savarkar’s journey from anti-British, anti-Caste Revolutionary to Sectarian Nationalist
RSS ko Pahchanen (Urdu اُردُو ) — Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh apnee dastawezaat kee roshni mein
آر ایس ایس کوپہچانیں : اس کی اپنی دستاویزات کی روشنی میں شمس الاسلام حرف آغاز … آرایس ایسکسکی وفادار؟….
RSS: Marketing Fascism as Hindu Nationalism
Indian democratic-secular polity is passing through the most critical phase since its birth on August 15, 1947. It has been lately taken over by the RSS/BJP leaders committed to the Hindutva politics. This politics of Hindu separatism was neither part of modern India’s anti-colonial heritage nor has been faithful to the principles enshrined in the Preamble of the Constitution of India. The protagonists of Hindutva politics decried and continue to decry democracy, secularism, egalitarianism and an all-inclusive India. This book provides an insight into the philosophical moorings of the followers of Hindutva and their action plans to convert India into a theocratic Hindu State. This Hindutva project led by RSS is in full steam with the BJP victory in the last parliamentary elections held in 2014. It is no more a hidden agenda as the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi identifies himself as Hindu nationalist. This study is based solely on the internal documents of the RSS/BJP and other fraternal Hindutva organizations. It is hoped that this RSS Reader will help researchers and common readers in getting acquainted with an ideology and its perpetrators who present the most lethal challenge to democratic-secular India. Shamsul Islam taught political science at the University of Delhi (1973-2013). As an author, columnist and dramatist he has been writing against religious bigotry, dehumanization, totalitarianism, persecution of minorities, Dalits and women. He is known for his work on the rise of nationalism, specially religion based nationalism and its development in India and the world. He writes in English, Hindi and Urdu.
Savarkar Unmasked
Quote by Khushwant Singh: [Savarkar] in his presidential speech at the Mahasabha conference in Ahmedabad in 1937, said: ‘As it is, there are two antagonistic nations living side by side in India’…The Hindu Mahasabha had no problem in joining the Muslim League Government in Sind and Bengal. He was also the supporter of the princely order and thought it would not be a bad idea if the King of Nepal became the Hindu emperor of India…If you want to recheck what I have written, take a look at Shamsul Islam’s book on Savarkar. —Khushwant Singh