SPOTTED: The Moslems are coming

0: Shehla Rashid, Srinagar

At first, Azad Essa comes across as an Islamophobic, Hijabophobic, Jew-lover but if you somehow manage not to put the book down after page number 4, you’re in for an exciting journey. Read more.

1: Anuradha Goyal, Hyderabad

What I really appreciated is the authors wit and his analogies, an uncanny ability to relate things from entirely different worlds . Read more

2: Sabbah Haji, Breswana

As a young Muslim woman, completely wrapped in the cocoon of ideal, romanticised, perfect Islam, and whining about how, 'No, no, this is not what Islam really is,' this read has been a refreshing smack in the jowls. Read more

3: Vivek Tejuja, New Delhi

4: Sanjay V, New Delhi

Witty, wicked and satirical, the book is a sharp insight from a writer looking for self-identity in a world where despite blurred borders, remains an environment of hostility, suspicion and unwelcome sentiments. Read more.

5: Atul Kumar Thakur, New Delhi

Being an Al Jazeera journalist, author has used his travelling experiences quite energetically throughout his book-the flow of his opinion on diverse themes, from Arab spring to the cricket world cup of 2011 is quite fascinating and informed.  Read more.

6: Sameer Bhat, Srinagar

Make no mistakes ‘The Moslems are coming’ shoots straight arrows. In the interpolation to the vexed Kashmir problem, something that has intellectuals and policy-makers confounded since the start of mankind, Azad waxes eloquent. Read more

7: Sanjay Kumar, New Delhi

It’s an attempt to tell the world that we should be able laugh at ourselves without being afraid of losing our identity. The book is, in essence, a call for us to save satire. Read more

8: Mehreen Kasana, Lahore

9: Interview with the NYT

Q&A in the New York Times on the Moslems are coming. Read more

10: Q&A with Deccan Herald

Writers block and other pretentious sports. A conversation with the Deccan Chronicle. Read more

11: Q&A with The Asian Age.

Of harems, books and dangerous books. A conversation with the Asian Age. Read more

12: Q&A with the Hungry Reader

The title, the cover, and literary influence. A conversation with Vivek and the Hungry Reader. Read more.

13: Featured in the Bangalore Mirror

On jihad, clarity and holy bigots. Moslems featured in the Bangalore Mirror. Read more.

14: SPOTTED

Moslems spotted in KERALA

15: SPOTTED in KASHMIR

16: SPOTTED in Dhaka

Moslems spotted in Dhaka, BANGLADESH

17: SPOTTED: in Kashmir

18: SPOTTED: in Lahore

Moslems spotted in LAHORE

19: Graphic: Islamophobia

Superb graphic by Malik Sajad.

20: Placemark 21

Thoroughly enjoyable, this book is not only a must-read but is an essential element on the reader's rack. Read more

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