Ziya Us Salam (born 1970) is an Indian author, literary critic, journalist and social commentator, who has been working for The Hindu Group since 2000.
[1][2] Born in Rampur, his father was Islamic scholar Mufti Abdul Dayem Sahab (died 1983) while his mother is a housewife.
The Wire described it as a "slim, lucid volume" and a "timely intervention", which would "hopefully succeed in its objective of clearing many misconceptions about the issue that has seen wide disjunction between the scriptures and practice.
With a foreword by Nirmala Lakshman (the director of The Hindu Group), the book discussed about discrimination against Muslims in India.
[7] Writing for Frontline, the Aligarh Muslim University professor Mohammad Sajjad observed how Salam "rightly concludes his book on an optimistic note".