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“This is real journalism.” Another reader said: “It's a great initiative because there is a silent moderate majority within our community, who are not able to raise our heads because of fundamental minority.”
The response to The New Muslim series was overwhelming.
People wrote in from all over the world. A Canadian filmmaker asked for the contact address of Sheeba Fehmi, who has made it her life’s mission to unmask undeserving Muslim leaders.
A huge number of readers wanted to know how they could send Daud Sharif Khanum money to complete her women-only Mosque.
And there were those who were critical. “There is no such thing as New Muslim and Old Muslim.”
The conversation continues here. You can read the responses and reply to them or start a discussion.
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Featured on Saturday,
October 28, 2007 |
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| Leading a fight |
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From a journalist to a firebrand activist. Srinand Jha narratesthe story of Sheeba Fehmi who has filled her plate with issues likepoverty, exploitation, illiteracy and corruption. |
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Sunita Aron tells us the story of Samina and Zarina, who fought against all the odds, including the cleric, to achieve what they desired. |
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October 27, 2007 |
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| It's possible
even in Kashmir |
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Queen of the ring |
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Kashmir's Mehraj Gulzar feels it’s really important for a Muslim nation associated with injustice to be economically and technologically stronger. Neelesh Misra tells us... |
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Rajeeb Mukherjee narrates a story of a mother-housewife-boxer-karate coach-international referee. Razia Shabnam is the empress, who conquered social hurdles in her quest to be a boxer. It has taken her out of the mohalla to Moscow, Taiwan and Turkey. |
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| Portrait of a housewife
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Striking a fine balance |
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Ishrat Shahbuddin Shaikh loves
the hijab (veil) and is very proud of it. She
runs the hugely successful Shalimar restaurant in Mumbai,
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Islam and the West may be in the
throes of a so-called clash of civilisations, but Ijlal
Shamsi's life is an eloquent example of how they can
- and do - happily co-exist, writes Neelesh Misra
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| Equality, at any cost |
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English means empowerment |
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Sunita Aron writes about Sharifa Khanum, 41,
who is building a mosque for women in Tamil Nadu. The
Mosque will also have women in all key positions there
such as the muezzin and the pesh imam. |
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Samar Halarnkar writes on the new breed of teachers
in a growing set of schools imparting a strictly English
and strictly Islamic education to those Muslims rediscovering
their religion. |
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| From seamy bars to glittering
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From Masjid to Stock Market:A
journey of faith |
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Neelesh Misra narrates the story of a young Muslim
woman, Shagufta Rafique, who transformed from a bar
singer to a screenplay writer. |
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Zafar Sareshwala is encouraging
Muslims to invest in the stock market where the communitys
participation is negligible, writes Neelesh Misra.
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