“To shift the mindset of people from colonial influence, we need to study our history”

Decolonization of Islamic studies and knowledge requires the understanding of our history along with its mistakes, past experiences, lackings, and problems. Only then, it would shift the mindset of people from the colonial influence, says Dr Humeira Iqtidar, reader in politics, King’s College London, during a hybrid seminar titled “Decolonizing Islamic Studies”, held at IPS on March 31, 2022.