VISTAS OF ILLUMINATION

Selected Essays from The Minaret

Professor A. R. MOMIN

In commemoration of its Silver Jubilee (2011-2012), the Institute of Objective Studies decided to bring out two volumes of essays published in The Minaret. The first volume The Islamic World: Dynamics of Continuity and Change was released by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju, retired judge of the Supreme Court, at an international conference organized by the Institute in April 2011.

The second volume, VISTAS OF ILLUMINATION, published in 2013, includes the following essays.

1. The Quest for Happiness in a Fragile World

2. The Art and Culture of Giving: Towards a Global Movement for Philanthropy

3. Knowledge, Development and Peace: Need for Rethinking in the Unfolding Global Scenario

4. Freedom of Expression, Human Rights and Intercultural Sensitivity

5. International Migration as a Global Resource

6. Two Decades of Human Development Reports

7. GNP and Quality of Life: India, China and Bangladesh

8. Global Food Insecurity

9. The Crisis of Multiculturalism

10. Ravages of French Imperialism in Africa

11. Nigeria: Poverty amidst Affluence

12. Health and Illness in Sociological Perspective

13. Dementia, Personality and Sociability

14. Samuel P. Huntington: A Prophet of Doom is Dead

15. Revisiting the Grandeur and Legacy of Islamic Culture and Art

16. Sociology of Islamic Law

17. The Role of Sufis in Anti-Colonial Resistance

18. Sufi Entrepreneurs in Senegal

19. A Resurgent Turkey

20. The Arab Spring, Islam and Democracy

21. 50 Years of Turkish Diaspora in Germany

22. Persecution of Uighur Muslims in China

23. The Surge of Islamophobia in the West

24. A Diversity Charter for India

25. Reconstructing Inter-Community Bridges in Punjab

Orders for both the volumes may be placed with Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi (www.iosworld.org).