Talk:Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi

By Renuka Joshi

Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi is a Professor at the Centre of Advanced Study Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University as of June 4, 2023. According to his university profile, his areas of specialization and Interests include medieval Indian history with special reference to the Mughal period in India, urban and social history, history of classes, cultural history of medieval India: architecture, miniature, paintings and social relations, history of Indian Shi’ism, historical and medieval Indian Archaeology.

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government in the context of BJP Government.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women in these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

Books

1. Rezavi, Syed Ali Nadeem. Fatehpur Sikri Revisited. OUP India, 2013.

Papers and Chapters

1. Rezavi, Syed Ali Nadeem. "One Civilization Looks at Another: Indian Culture in the Eyes of Alberuni." Alternative Arguments: Essays in Honour of Surendra Gopal. Primus, Delhi, Jan. 2020.
2. Rezavi, Sayed Ali Nadeem. "Anticipating Raja Rammohan Roy: Akbar and Abul Fazl on 'Reason,' Rationalism and Social Ethics." Sectional Presidential Address, XXXV Annual Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, Coochbehar, West Bengal, 24-26 January 2019.
3. Rezavi, Sayed Ali Nadeem. "Religious Disputations and Imperial Ideology: The Purpose and Location of Akbar’s Ibadatkhana." Studies in History, vol. 24, no. 2, n.s., 2008, pp. 195–209.
4. Rezavi, Sayed Ali Nadeem "The Idea of India and Amir Khusrau." India – Studies in the History of an Idea, edited by Irfan Habib and Munshi Ram Manohar Lal, New Delhi, 2004.