Category: Uncategorized
-
Decolonizing international law curriculum: reflections on our relationship with the University*
Dr. Ahmed Raza Memon *This reflection is based partially on a formal write-up for a short round table talk presented at an event on ‘Decolonizing International Law Curriculum’ at the University of Leicester on the 6th of July 2022. A. Intellectual circles as both productive and limiting Part of my reflection will follow the tradition…
-
Decolonial Dialogues/IPS Collaboration Event : ‘Decolonial Muslim Studies and Defending Muhammad ‘ Conversation between Prof. SherAli Tareen and Dr. Humeira Iqtidar – 12th August (2 PM UK Time/6 PM Pakistan Time/9 AM EST)
In our third collaboration with IPS we continue discussions on the possibilites of doing decolonial research in the context of Islam in the Sub-continent. In this talk, we discuss Prof. SherAli Tareen’s wonderful book ‘Defending Muhammad in Modernity’. The talk reflects on Prof. Tareen’s book which describes how theo-philosophical traditions of Islamic thought in the 19th Century…
-
Global Islamophobia discourses, minority rights and forced conversion in Pakistan (Part 3)
Dr. Ahmed Raza Memon and Dr. Sufi Ghulam Hussain Sufi: I see Islam as the largest organized religion, they are assertive, dominant as well. Other religions do not have this in Pakistan, Christianity is secularized while Hinduism is not a religion per se – it is more of a caste system. It in fact juxtaposes…
-
Global Islamophobia discourses, minority rights and forced conversion in Pakistan (Part 2)
Dr. Ahmed Raza Memon and Dr. Sufi Ghulam Hussain Sufi: I look at Pakistan through a global scope. It is through this global perspective that we can understand islamophobia within Pakistan better. This is also true historically for example, the narrative of forced conversion was present in Sindh all the way back to when Islam…
Decolonial Dialogues 