This is a compilation of views and articles of the writer. The writings beautifully bring out the moderate modern thinking among the Indian politicians in general and the Muslim moderates in particular.
He clearly brings out from a deep study of the Islamic scriptures that Islam is a religion of peace and science, nothing similar to what all the clamor around prevalent extremism has made it out to be, and that the future of the Indian nation lies on a path where all its children will be ready...

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It has good content but the book is a collection of articles written time to time. Hence, it lacks proper coherence and flow. Author is just projecting his thoughts on diverse issues related to Indian muslims but as book on a particular theme, it seems very poorly written.

very authentic book by arif mohammad khan saheb,
an article sending a wrong message in this book is very factual and shows the link between darul uloom deoband and terrorist.
In this article He proved that the all terrorist have the same religious ideology that darul uloom deoband teaches.
Arif sab is not just a political leader but very good scholar and reformer of the society.

An astute intellectual, Arif Md Khan is the voice of a reasonable secular and knowledgeable Indian, especially representative of modern Indian Muslims. This compilation of articles from various publications may be slightly dated in terms of the publications but they are as relevant today as they were a decade or two ago. A thorough humanist and a thorough Indian, his thoughts provide you with the example to choose the peaceful and empowering over that which is orthodox and unIndian. I hope a ...