The argumentative, humanist Muslim

This is an extraordinary book by an equally extraordinary author. Hamid Umar Dalwai was primarily an activist, who was born in Maharashtra in 1932. He joined the Socialist Party in the 1960s. As a committed secular-modernist Dalwai devoted himself to initiating radical social reforms among Muslims. He was deeply critical of postcolonial Muslim leadership, including the so-called nationalist Muslims associated with the Congress. Dalwai campaigned against the practice of triple talaq and polygamy and even demanded a common civil law for all citizens