Hyderabad Seminar Highlights Muslim Role in Shaping India’s Justice and Constitutional Values
On 2nd day's two Sessions feature 35 papers on law, citizenship, culture and social development.
Mohammed Naseer Giyas
Hyderabad, November 22: The second day of the national seminar at Al Mahad Al Aali Al Islami focused on the role of Indian Muslims in building India’s institutions, social systems and knowledge traditions. More than 35 scholars and speakers presented papers in the second and third sessions.
Speakers stated that India’s justice system draws its roots from early Islamic legal traditions. They said the idea of equal citizenship, visible in the Constitution, emerged from contributions of Muslim thinkers. They explained that principles linked to equality, religious freedom and state neutrality came from Islamic teachings and shaped several constitutional provision...