Fraternity Movement as Counter-Public

Presenter

Chacko Mary Ann - School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India

Panel

124 – Muslim Counterpublics in the Indian Nation-state Public Sphere

Abstract

Thus in this paper I hope to show how the Fraternity Movement is playing an important role in enabling Muslim students to inhabit public higher educational spaces with izzat while foregrounding an ethics towards the Other and solidarity between marginalized groups.