Rafiq Zakaria

Best book for the Indian Muslim. It contain the subject pertain to Politics,Philosophy and Viewpoint of Indian Muslim.

With reference to Gujarat.

Presentation of events and circumstances leading to the partition of India.

"Islam is a simple religion: it requires of its followers only two things -- one, a belief in the unity of God and, two, a belief in the prophethood of Muhammad. Despite the pure and homogeneous nature of the faith, the history of Islam has been one of conflict. The first problem Islam faced was the issue of succession to the Prophet. from then on, Islam has been riven by dissent -- a result of the almost uninterrupted face-off between Islamic rulers, who were usually secular and flexible in their interpretation and implementation of the rules and practices of Islam and fundamentalist theologians, jurists and their followers, who insisted on a rigid adherence to the Quran and the Sunna. Besides a thorough analysis of this problem, the author examines other issues that have led to discord -- the treatment of non-Muslims in an Islamic State; the power of taxation of the State; the nature of punishment for certain offences mentioned in the Quran and so on." --Page of cover.

"The story of Razia - one of the most colourful characters in Indian history, and the only queen who ever sat on the throne of Delhi - is told here in an eminently readable work which is essentially historical in its context, but woven with fiction to bind the material." "Razia, to whom no serious historian has paid any attention in the past, turns out to be singularly fascinating and elusive. In the Epilogue the author explains at length how he became interested in the story of Razia, how he collected and evaluated source material, developed the theme, and finally how he resurrected the Queen from the jungle of evidential data."--BOOK JACKET.