Ziya Us Salam

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Ziya Us Salam
Born1970
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma mater St. Stephen's College
Occupation(s)Author, critic, journalist, social commentator
Years active1995–present
Notable work Inside the Tablighi Jamaat

Ziya Us Salam (born 1970) is an Indian author, literary critic, journalist and social commentator, who has been working for The Hindu Group since 2000. In addition to serving as the associate editor for magazine Frontline , he also wrote several columns on sociocultural issues and book reviews for the magazine. [1] [2]

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Born in Rampur, his father was Islamic scholar Mufti Abdul Dayem Sahab (died 1983) while his mother is a housewife. Following his study at St. Stephen's College, he decided to work as a journalist in 1995. He has worked for several newspaper, including The Hindu , The Pioneer , The Statesman and The Times of India . He is also an advisory board member of Muslim Mirror . [3]

Biography

Salam was born in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh in 1970. His father, Mufti Abdul Dayem Sahab, an Islamic scholar, had written several scholarly works on Islamic sciences in Urdu and Arabic and also worked as a hadith translator, while his mother is a housewife.[ citation needed ] Salam has a sister, who works as a doctor.[ citation needed ] He and his family later moved to Delhi. He started his formal education at the Bluebells School International until the tenth grade and later at a convent school. [2] Salam pursued his undergraduate study in History from St. Stephen's College affiliated to the University of Delhi. [2] [4] Following this, he started his career as a journalist in 1995. Recalling his childhood, he said: "When I was in grade V, I used to scribe the handwritten notes from different columns of the newspapers. After compilation, I used to distribute the Photostat copies of my notes among the friends in my colony at Lajpat nagar. I was in grade VII when first of my article was published." [2] [5]

Throughout his career, Salam has worked as a journalist for different newspapers. He has been working as a Features Editor for The Hindu's north India edition for more than 16 years and serves as an associate editor at the Frontline magazine. [2] He published his first book on Islam, titled Till Talaq Do Us Part: Understanding Talaq, Triple Talaq and Khula, which discusses about marriage in Islam, in 2018. The Wire described it as a "slim, lucid volume" and a "timely intervention", which would "hopefully succeed in its objective of clearing many misconceptions about the issue that has seen wide disjunction between the scriptures and practice." [6] He published another book in 2018, Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps: Hindutva, Muslim Identity and the Idea of India. With a foreword by Nirmala Lakshman (the director of The Hindu Group), the book discussed about discrimination against Muslims in India. [7] Writing for Frontline, the Aligarh Muslim University professor Mohammad Sajjad observed how Salam "rightly concludes his book on an optimistic note". [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Salam & Parvaiz 2020, p. 179.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ahad, Rehan (19 April 2019). An Explorative Talk with Mr. Ziya Us Salam. Tawarikh Khwani. Event occurs at 1:30–14:02. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "About us". Muslim Mirror. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Salam, Ziya". SAGE Publications Inc. 22 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Asad, Rehan (20 April 2019). "A talk with Ziya Us Salam". Tarikh Khwani. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Micro review: 'Till Talaq Do Us Part' is a powerful read aimed to shatter misconceptions over Triple Talaq". The Times of India . Times News Network. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Salam, Ziya Us (3 July 2018). "'I am the other': Have India's Muslims been systematically pushed out of the mainstream?". Scroll.in . Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Sajjad, Mohammad (14 September 2018). "Of identity & hope". Frontline . Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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