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Aligarh

عليغرة

Aligarh.

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At a glance

Identifiers
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Review
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Sexuality and gender diversityEducationMuslim minorities under non-Muslim rule

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2015 CE · 1436 AH†
Countries
IN
Languages
hi (original)
Approach
journalism
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A film by Hansal Mehta about Professor Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras of Aligarh Muslim University, a gay researcher who brought a landmark rights case. 1 2

People and things also explored

A Jihad for Love· Madrasa· نكث شروط غرناطة وثورة البشرات· The sending of Amr ibn Hazm to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b and the Prophet's written charge to him· The sending of Mu'adh ibn Jabal to Yemen and the Prophet's charge to him· استحداث صلاح الدين القضاء الشافعي بمصر· Native Deen· Fatima al-Fihri

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Aligarh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/aligarh-2015/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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