Tag: Habib Siddiqui

  • Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb: Bad Ruler Or Bad History?

    Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb: Bad Ruler Or Bad History?

    Of all the Muslim rulers who ruled vast territories of India from 712 to 1857 CE, probably no one has received as much condemnation from Western and Hindu writers as Aurangzeb. He has been castigated as a religious Muslim who was anti-Hindu, who taxed them, who tried to convert them, who discriminated against them in…

  • “Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi”: Why A Different Yardstick For Muslims?

    In the post-9/11 era the Western media are at the forefront of a highly orchestrated assault against Islam and its people. So, I am not too surprised with the Times Online piece trying to raise storm over some 13th century text that are taught at a Shi’ite religious school in London. The subject in question…