Minority Rights, Language Rights, and Democracy
The study of deeply divided societies led to a further examination of related topics, such as the status of minority languages and the effect of religious autonomy on minority–majority relations and on minority women. With regard to language, my articles analyze how two deeply divided democracies, India and Israel, determined and implemented language. and educational. policies with respect to the major languages of their largest minority communities—Urdu (Indian Muslims) and Arabic, respectively. The findings indicate that both states consigned the minority language to a marginal position on the public stage. Moreover, in both countries, although a certain level of autonomy is given to the minority in the education sphere, the educational level of the minority is markedly low in comparison to that of the majority.