Faisal Devji is professor of history at the University of Oxford
March 2020
From Xinjiang to Germany: how did Islamophobia become a global phenomenon?
Faisal Devji
The term itself was coined in the 1990s, an era defined by the end of the cold war and triumph of capitalist globalisation, says Faisal Devji, professor of history at the University of Oxford
October 2018
Book of the day
Gandhi 1914-1948 by Ramachandra Guha review – the Mahatma as a liberal icon
The second volume of Guha’s major biography presents a familiar Gandhi, if in more detail, and erases his radicalism
March 2010
Why the Maoists want Arundhati Roy
Faisal Devji
Faisal Devji: Indian militant groups are adopting celebrities to push their cause in civil society, bypassing dialogue with the state
November 2009
liberty central
Mumbai attacks remain unpoliticised
Faisal Devji
Faisal Devji: A year on it's still unclear what motivated the attacks, but unlike the US after 9/11, India has not sought political capital
October 2009
Pakistan, the privatised state
Faisal Devji
Faisal Devji: The institutions of Pakistani government have devolved and, like the Taliban and other militants, behave more like corporations
