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Talk:Afshan Jafar

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By Renuka Joshi


Afshan Jafar is a Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Sociology Department and Bodies/Embodiment Pathway Coordinator, Connecticut College as of April 19, 2023[1][2]. According to her university profile, her research and teaching interests include globalization, transnational women's movements, the Muslim diaspora, gender, media, and the body.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India, or the Indian Government as of October 2022.

In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar 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 in 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]

Publications related to India[edit]

  1. Jafar, Afshan. "Asking the Right Questions: Teaching about Islam and Globalization." Teaching Sociology, vol. 45, 2017, pp. 0092055X1770468. DOI: 10.1177/0092055X17704687.
  2. Avishai, Orit, Afshan Jafar, and Rachel Rinaldo. "A Gender Lens on Religion." Gender & Society, vol. 29, 2015, pp. 5-25. DOI: 10.1177/0891243214548920.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Afshan Jafar University profile, accessed April 19, 2023
  2. ↑ Afshan jafar Reasearch gate profile, accessed April 19, 2023
  3. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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