In this episode, we speak to Professor Salman Sayyid, on how Islam/Muslimness is central to the liberation struggle of Kashmiri Muslims, and how the depoliticization of Islam is a product of European cultural hegemony. This is the first part of the two-part series.

Recommended Readings:

1. Recalling the Caliphate: Decolonization and the World Order by Salman Sayyid.

2. A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism by Salman Sayyid.