Yoginder Sikand

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Escaping the Spiti snowstorm
Rediff.com1 Jul 2013

Rediff.com columnist Yoginder Sikand recounts his near-death experience during a recent...

A woman's battle against Bohra priestly tyranny
Rediff.com23 Mar 2011

Zehra Cyclewala is a leading figure in the reformist movement against the tyranny of...

Bohra dissenters challenge oppressive priesthood
Rediff.com5 Mar 2011

Yogi Sikand chronicles the voices for change in one of India's richest and most...

Deoband and the machinations of the mullahs
Rediff.com17 Feb 2011

For many mullahs, religion and religious institutions are simply tools to feather their...

Islamic leadership may not solve Egypt's woes
Rediff.com12 Feb 2011

The dominant version of Islam that informed Egypt's revival seemed to be harsh,...

Deoband head faces fellow mullahs' ire
Rediff.com25 Jan 2011

Reliable sources claim that certain top figures within one (of the three rival)...

Pakistan's anti-blasphemy law is wrong in Islam
Rediff.com21 Jan 2011

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's 1986 essay, centred on a case of perceived insult to the...

Making merry on a curfewed night
Rediff.com28 Jun 2010

Yoginder Sikand partakes in an ostentatious Kashmiri wedding.

Deconstructing the Mughal rule
Rediff.com12 May 2010

Yoginder Sikand reviews Salman Khurshid's Sons of Babur -- A play in search of India.

'Why can't Muslim women also lead the community'
Rediff.com5 Nov 2009

Zakia Nizami Soman, one of the founder members of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan,...

Madhyamam: A Muslim media success story
Rediff.com12 Mar 2009

Madhyamam has ambitious plans for the future, says Abdur Rahman. These include a daily...

The intent behind the terror attacks
Rediff.com17 Sep 2008

Deadly enemies though they present themselves as, Hindu and Muslim chauvinists...

The good that madrasas do goes unnoticed
Rediff.com5 Sep 2008

As the ulema often point out, the voluntary services of the madrasas, generally...

Brouhaha over a fatwa
Rediff.com22 Jul 2005