Talk:Faranak Miraftab
Faranak Miraftab is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at University of Illinois.
Her scholarship is situated at the intersection of sociology, geography, planning, and feminist studies, using case study and ethnographic methodologies. Her research concerns social and institutional aspects of urban development and planning that address basic human needs including housing and urban infrastructure and services that support it.
[Note she has teaching grants listed on her CV relating to India and has guided PhD theses on India. She hasn't published works on India] [Note - Book edited by her "Cities of the Global South Reader" in 2014, probably have some references to India. She hasn't authored any chapter in the book]
As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government.
In 2021, she endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation
"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[1]
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- ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
- Faranak Miraftab page on University of Illinois accessed September 14, 2022
- Faranak Miraftab CV accessed September 14, 2022