Nous Network

09/07/2025

Madrasas nurtured India’s freedom fighters, reformers & even its first President. Once core to Indian education, they still provide free learning, food & shelter to the poor. From Hasrat Mohani to Rajendra Prasad, their legacy runs deep.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/7jmykLaHzfI?si=RuepsV3AABg9TNGX

08/07/2025

Madrasas once nurtured freedom fighters and scholars, serving the nation with knowledge. Today, they educate millions where no schools exist — yet they’re demonised as “terror hubs” without proof. From pillars of learning to targets of suspicion — what changed?

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jmykLaHzfI

07/07/2025

When the Karnataka HC ruled that chanting 'Jai Shree Ram' in a mosque isn't desecration because it's a 'public place,' it echoed a deeper legal shift: treating Waqf properties as public institutions.

Watch Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wI2WbhQe4&t=703s

05/07/2025

The Waqf Amendment Act 2025 isn’t just about new rules—it's built on old judicial logic.
From Shahidganj (1940) to Ismail Faruqui (1994) to Ayodhya (2019), courts have gradually redefined mosques as public, non-essential spaces. That same logic shapes the new law.

Watch Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wI2WbhQe4

04/07/2025

In the 1950s, Miya Muslims in Assam declared Assamese as their mother tongue, urged by Congress to help make it the state language. Today, they are vilified and not recognized as Assamese. Their loyalty turned into erasure. This is what Dr. Yasmin Saikia calls "ethical and historical loneliness."

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GusZwtxnpc4&t=6560s

02/07/2025

In this episode of Nous Podcast, historian Dr. Yasmin Saikia, in conversation with Ali Javed, reflects on memory, erasure, and the ethical loneliness of Muslims in Assam. From Partition to post-9/11 America, she traces Muslim invisibility across borders and histories.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GusZwtxnpc4

01/07/2025

| For over eight years, Fatima Nafees — the mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed — has been fighting for justice after her son's enforced disappearance. Her struggle continues to this day. In a heartbreaking setback, a Delhi court has accepted the CBI’s closure report.

Watch our video to understand the full story https://youtube.com/watch?v=AiYXjF14Qdo

01/07/2025

Today marks the 120th birth anniversary of Abdul Qayyum Ansari — a fearless freedom fighter, fierce opponent of the two-nation theory, and tireless voice for the marginalized.

Watch our video to revisit his powerful journey: https://youtu.be/NNzxDpS5L-w?si=nrg8E0kKr9OgJ1K9

28/06/2025

Israel’s attack on Iran is more than military aggression. It reveals the racialised logic of global power.

Ali Javed speaks to Prof. A.K. Ramakrishnan on the manufactured Iran threat, U.S. imperialism, and the future of West Asia.

YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WJQP6KnUstY

What does the Iran–Israel conflict tell us about the larger structure of global power in West Asia?In this episode, we speak with Professor A.K. Ramakrishnan...

24/06/2025

Is the new Waqf Act shifting power from the community to the state?

Watch the full explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icdh0tgFLVE

18/06/2025

Islam recognized the legal autonomy of different communities. The Constitution of Medina upheld the right to be judged according to one’s own laws. Watch Yasir Qadhi in conversation with Ali Javed on faith, philosophy, and politics.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZwDDhWNwtI

13/06/2025

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