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The Princely state of Bhopal was another important node in the trans-Indian knowledge production networks. Led by Nawab Siddiq Hassan Khan, the Nawab consort, it was a centre of a Proto-Salafi movement in South Asia, now known as the Ahl-i Hadith. Their network reached from Bhopal, in Central India to Sittana, in the North-West Frontier of India to Yemen and Mecca. The Nawab had to navigate the profession of a new modernising, puritan movement and an-ever suspecting British Raj.

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Hi Ahmed, I want to write a piece on current state of Indian Muslims. Can I be part of your team.

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Fascinating, looking forward to more. One small quibble, though. Is the short 19th century referred to here the period 1901-1914? If so, it should be the short 20th century..

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We’ll be digging into the specifics of this period in future essays but it roughly covers the 1830s-1914 period. Hence the short 19th century.

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This is an awesome effort. Can't wait to read more. Makes me think about First Things and The Lamp. May be good sources of inspiration as you move forward:

https://thelampmagazine.com/

https://firstthings.com/

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Really looking forward to this, Allah yubarikk.

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Very nice.

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Great idea. Looking forward to reading upcoming issues.

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As an atheist who received a Catholic education, I feel this will be the perfect read for me to go beyond the Western-centralized media. If it's relevant for your publication, in the future I'd be interested to read an article about the condition of women in different Islamic peoples: I was told by a muslim woman that the Quran actually offers a quite equal perspective about the roles of men and women in society, and that - as often happens with sacred texts - leaders have shaped and changed the meanings of those scriptures.

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"More critically, in lacking a true understanding of Islamic history, we remain unaware of the wider paradigm of knowledge and culture under which we operate. As a result, any assessment we make in finding solutions for our current predicaments is likely to be wrong. Ultimately, this ensures we can never reach the future."

~ Beautiful articulation of the colonised mindset many of us Muslims in the West are struggling with.

May your publication be means of diversing our views of modern times from purely a western lens (i.e. individualistic, capitalist, materialist, secularist) to a more Islamic one, grounded in reverence, balance, humbleness and gratitude.

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