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 (, 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, Bangladesh following the Partition of India i ...

(JIH) and Vice President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) based in Hyderabad. A former two-time National President of Students' Islamic Organisation of India, 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.

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 Students' Islamic Organisation of India 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 also on the boards of many social and academic organizations in

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, and

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Views

Globalization and capitalism

Syed Sadatullah Husaini says that although

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

stands for globalization and universal brotherhood, modern

globalization Globalization is the process of increasing interdependence and integration among the economies, markets, societies, and cultures of different countries worldwide. This is made possible by the reduction of barriers to international trade, th ...

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 national states.

Feminism and women

Syed Husaini is critical of both traditional

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

, while the modern West has 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 nation-building. He has been critical of conspiracy theories and ghettoized politics. He has always urged fellow Muslims to develop positive mental attitudes and strengthen the communication channels with the majority community in

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Postmodernism

In an exclusive paper, Syed has argued that

postmodernism Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, Culture, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism. They have in common the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of depicting ...

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

modernism Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...

. 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

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notion of

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, 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. Syed said that it has negated minorities' constitutional rights and that 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: More than five of his 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

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and English. His article "Cyberistan Ki Muaashirat" has been widely published and translated.

References

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