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OFF Cuffe Parade, in a large flat that also contains his library and his office, Dr. Rafiq Zakaria contemplates the world and writes his books. He is one of the most eminent Islamic scholars left in India, and the most reliable spokesman for the Muslim community. He is also a fervent defender of the rights of Indian Muslims, and a renowned educationist. He has set up a number of schools and colleges for the young of the community, including girls, in Mumbai and other parts of western India.

The eminent Indian Islamic scholar and writer Rafiq Zakaria died on July 9, 2005 at his residence in the western city of Mumbai, also known as Bombay. He was 79. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and three sons, including Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International magazine.



• Gandhi and the Break-Up of India
Was Gandhi responsible for the break-up of India? In this work, the author presents ably and lucidly his conclusions based on intensive research and his uncanny insights.

A spate of books on the division of India has appeared both in India and the United Kingdom; a lot of original source material




• Communal Rage in Secular India
Dr. Rafiq Zakria, a scholar of international repute, who has spent more than 50 years of his life trying to bring Hindus and Muslims together, delves deep into the past and present of the relationship between the two communities to discover what went wrong that brought about such conflagration of hatred and bloodshed. He also looks at the future with diffidence but hope.



• Sardar Patel and Indian Muslims
A well-researched and well-written book deals with the charge against Sardar Patel as being anti-Muslim and authentically demolishes the myth built up by vested interests.



• Iqbal - The Poet and The Politician
In this path-breaking, carefully researched biography, Rafiq Zakaria clears up some of the popular misconceptions about Iqbal; more importantly, he successfully exhumes a great poet and a forgotten humanist from the dust of history.



• A Study of Nehru
More than 60 distinguished persons of different countries and different political persuasions pay their tribute to this great man. The contributors draw freely from their experience of Nehru the man and also analyze his political persona. A study of Nehru is a valuable addition to the works



• Discovery of God
A historical survey analyzing the place of God in every major religion and brings out the continual discovery of the only one who has endured.



• Indian Muslims - Where have they gone wrong?
The central question of this book is: Where have Indian Muslims gone wrong? Dr Zakaria does not shy away from the answer: Whenever they have forgotten their Indian roots. There is no Indian Muslim today, writing in English, who commands the kind of respect that he does from both the community as well as the nation of which the community is an integral part.



• The Price of Partition
Now in paperback edition, this work by Dr Rafiq Zakaria, one of India’s outstanding scholar-politicians, recapitulates in his inimitable style, the drama of those turbulent years when as a young man, he fought Jinnah and his Muslim League opposing the Two-Nation theory and participation in the Quit India movement.



• The Man Who Divided India
This book is one of the most impartial and scholarly studies of Muslim politics in India with special reference to Jinnah's leadership and its aftermaths - the division of India.



• The Price of Partition
Dr Rafiq Zakaria, one of India's outstanding scholar-politicians, recapitulates in his inimitable style, the drama of those turbulent years when as a young man, he fought Jinnah and his Muslim League opposing the "Two-Nation" theory and participating in the "Quit India" movement.

This well-written wonderful book is not so much




• The Widening Divide
This book is Currently Out of Print.

An important book about the real nature of the problems that divide Hindus and Muslims in India.

The author has made an attempt to destroy all the myths, misconceptions and distortions about Indian Muslims which have emerged, especially since the advent of the British in India.

Zakaria's work is valuable






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