Veena Das

Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Humanities at the Johns Hopkins University. Her most recent book is Life and Words:Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary (California University Press, 2006).

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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Jihad, fitna, and Muslims in Mumbai

While the dichotomy of “moderate” Muslims and “extremists” is prevalent in many media representations, this binary hides more than it reveals.

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