Syed Sadatullah Husaini (سید سعادت اللہ حسینی; born 7 June 1973) is the president (

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) of

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Jamaat-e-Islami Hind ( ur, جماعتِ اسلامی ہند, abbreviated as JIH) is an Islamic organisation in India, founded as an offshoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami, which split into separate independent organisations in India, Pakistan, Banglad ...

(JIH) and Vice President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). He is also the former two time National President of

Students Islamic Organisation of India The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) ( hi, स्टूडेंट्स इस्लामिक ऑर्गनाइजेशन ऑफ इंडिया; ur, اسٹوڈنٹس اسلامک آرگنائزیشن آف انڈیا ...

. He has been heading the JIH's Study and Research Department as its director. He is a regular columnist in various magazines, journals and newspapers writing on current issues and state of affairs. He is based in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

Biography

He was educated in the town of

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, where he graduated in electronics and telecommunication engineering. As a student, he was associated with

and was its president for two consecutive terms (1999–2003). When he joined the Markazi Majlis-e-Shura of

, he was its youngest member. He was on the boards of many social and academic organizations in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

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and

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Views

Globalization and capitalism

He says that although

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

stands for globalization and universal brotherhood, modern

globalization Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...

is a tool of exploitation that creates economic and social inequality. Globalization has resulted in the monopoly of western cultural and ethical values and has undermined the political sovereignty of the

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Feminism and women

Sadat Husaini is critical of both the traditional

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societies and the modern western societies for their treatment of women. According to him, the traditional Muslim societies have not given the women their due place and rights as stipulated by

, while the modern western societies have snatched femininity and the very essence of womanhood from women in lieu of equality.

Muslim politics in India

Sadat argues that the right path for Muslims in a pluralistic society such as India is to engage in healthy dialogue with majority non-Muslim communities and contribute in a positive manner to the nation-building. He has been critical of the conspiracy theories, blame games and ghettoized politics and has always urged fellow Muslims to develop positive mental attitude and strengthen the communication channels with the majority community in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Postmodernism

In an exclusive paper Sadat has argued that

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is a logically incorrect notion and it is an extreme reaction to

modernism Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

. According to him, the position of Islam that divinely revealed truths are absolute and all other truths are relative, is a perfectly balanced notion that is free from the contradictions of postmodernism. He has supported the

transmodernism Transmodernism is a philosophical and cultural movement founded by Argentinian- Mexican philosopher Enrique Dussel.Cole, MikePsychology Press, 2008, p. 68 He refers to himself as a transmodernist and wrote a series of essays criticising the postm ...

notion of

Ziauddin Sardar Ziauddin Sardar ( ur, ضیاء الدین سردار; born 31 October 1951) is a British-Pakistani scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic and public intellectual who specialises in Muslim thought, the future of Islam, futurology and s ...

, and argued that Islam is a transmodern reality.

Right to Education Act

The Indian parliament has passed the Right to Education Act (RTE). It holds the government responsible for providing education to every citizen of the country. Criticizing the RTE act, Mr. Sadat said that it has negated minorities' constitutional rights and Muslims will not be able to run their religious educational institutions and

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Books and articles

He has published the following books so far: His last five books have been translated into

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and Hindi. His interview has been published in the following book: "Muslim Leadership in India" - Global Media Publications, New Delhi. He has published more than 200 articles in

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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has been widely published and translated.

References

External links

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