Faranak Miraftab
Faranak Miraftab is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at University of Illinois[1][2] as of September 2022. Her scholarship is situated at the intersection of sociology, geography, planning, and feminist studies, and employs case study and ethnographic methodologies. According to her university profile, 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.
According to her bio, she has authored no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact of or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government.
In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the following 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."[3]
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- ↑ Faranak Miraftab page on University of Illinois accessed September 14, 2022
- ↑ Faranak Miraftab CV accessed September 14, 2022
- ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022