Lately I have been thinking a lot about my role as a teacher. Precisely the question as to what is my function in the classroom. This has also been a point of contention in the circles of higher education, especially…
Author Archive for Masood Raja
Constructing Pakistan Now Available to preorder
by Masood Raja •
My book is now available through the Amazon Pre-order system. The book addresses the hitherto neglected aspect of postcolonial and historical engagement with the creation and construction of Indian Muslim national identity before the partition of India in 1947. The…
Women's Rigts in Islam, by Sayed Mumtaz Ali (Part 2)
by Masood Raja •
Translated by Masood Ashraf Raja (Installment 2) The Arguments Offered in Favor of Men Following are some of the reasons offered by those who believe that men are better than women: God has granted more physical strength to men, therefore…
Women's Rigts in Islam, by Sayed Mumtaz Ali (Part 2)
by Masood Raja •
Translated by Masood Ashraf Raja (Installment 2) The Arguments Offered in Favor of Men Following are some of the reasons offered by those who believe that men are better than women: God has granted more physical strength to men, therefore…
Women's Rigts in Islam, by Sayed Mumtaz Ali (Part 1)
by Masood Raja •
Translated by Masood Ashraf Raja Preface In these few pages I have explained the crux of my thoughts about the rights of women, a subject upon which I have often thought and reflected. Although my thoughts have gone through slight…
Women's Rigts in Islam, by Sayed Mumtaz Ali (Part 1)
by Masood Raja •
Translated by Masood Ashraf Raja Preface In these few pages I have explained the crux of my thoughts about the rights of women, a subject upon which I have often thought and reflected. Although my thoughts have gone through slight…
Translating Mumtaz Ali's Work on Rights of Women
by Masood Raja •
For the longest time, I have been looking for Maulana Mumtaz Ali’s Urdu text, Haqooq-q-Niswan, (The Rights of Women) but had no access to it. To me this is the most important text of religious explanation of gender roles in…
Translating Mumtaz Ali’s Work on Rights of Women
by Masood Raja •
For the longest time, I have been looking for Maulana Mumtaz Ali’s Urdu text, Haqooq-q-Niswan, (The Rights of Women) but had no access to it. To me this is the most important text of religious explanation of gender roles in…
Fighting Militancy in Pakistan
by Masood Raja •
While a lot is being said and written about Pakistan’s fight against militancy, what seems to be lacking is a sort of genealogical account of the current state of militancy in Pakistan. In a way one could trace this complex…