| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 370 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: Diversity and daily life / Robin Jeffrey and Ronojoy Sen -- Islam and modernity in South Asia / Muhammad Khalid Masud -- Islam and democracy in India: from Savile Row to Jyotiba Phule Park / Barbara D. Metcalf -- Imagining religion: portraits of Islamic consciousness in Pakistan / Riaz Hassan -- The challenges of diversity: 'casting' Muslim communities in South India / Torsten Tschacher -- Matrilocal marriage and women's property among the Moors of Sri Lanka / Dennis B. McGilvray -- The making of a diasporic Muslim family in East Africa / Salim Lakha -- The Ismaili Conciliation and Arbitration boards in India: a model of community justice? / Arif A. Jamal -- 'Ilm and the individual: religious education and religious ideas in Pakistan / Matthew J. Nelson -- Darul Uloom Deoband's approach to social issues: image, reality, and perception / Taberez Ahmed Neyazi -- 'Being Muslim' in contemporary India: nation, identity, and rights / Tanweer Fazal -- Transnational networks, political Islam, and the concept of ummah in Bangladesh / Mubashar Hasan -- Muslim aspirations in Bangladesh: looking back and redrawing boundaries / Samia Huq -- Media in Pakistan: ideology, indoctrination, intimidation / Khaled Ahmed -- Kafka in India: terrorism, media, Muslims / Irfan Ahmad -- A million salutes: India's Mohammedan Sporting Club / Ronojoy Sen |
| Summary |
What experiences and practices characterize the lives of Muslims in South Asia today? This book examines the contests of ideas, begun 150 years ago, that have translated into political actions touching the lives of tens of millions. Equally, the book focuses on aspects of daily life to emphasize that there are diverse ways of being Muslim. The book is an essential tool for anyone interested in the lives and futures of South Asia's 500 million Muslims |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 28, 2014) |
| Subject |
Muslims -- South Asia -- Social conditions
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Muslims -- Social conditions
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Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
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History & Archaeology.
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South Asia.
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South Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jeffrey, Robin, editor.
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Sen, Ronojoy, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199082872 |
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0199082871 |
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