In this podcast, we speak to Professor SherAli Tareen about the topics that he explores in his book that came out recently, Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire. In this book, Tareen explores how leading South Asian Muslim thinkers imagined and contested the boundaries of Hindu-Muslim friendship from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.

In this podcast, we talk about a range of topics, including Muslim scholarly translations of Hinduism, Hindu-Muslim theological polemics, the question of interreligious friendship in the Qur’an, intra-Muslim debates on cow sacrifice, and debates on emulating Hindu customs and habits. Finally, we talk about Tareen's dedication of his book to the brave and courageous Sharjeel Imam.

Recommended readings:

1. Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire, by SherAli Tareen

2. Defending Muhammad in Modernity, by SherAli Tareen

3. The Loss of Hindustan: The Invention of India, by Manan Asif