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1 online resource (x, 274 pages) |
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Royal Asiatic Society books |
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Royal Asiatic Society books.
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Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration and sources; 1 Introduction; 2 Asghar 'Ali Engineer's quest for a contextual Islamic theology; 3 Islam and the Muslim-minority predicament: reflections on the contributions of Sayyed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi; 4 Peace, dialogue and da'wah: an analysis of the writings of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan; 5 Islamic Voice's agenda for the Muslims of India; 6 An Islamist approach to inter-faith dialogue: the Jama'at-i Islami of India; 7 Islamic perspectives on liberation and dialogue: Muslim writings in Dalit Voice |
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8 The 'Dalit Muslims' and the All-India Backward Muslim Morcha9 Islam and the Dalit quest for liberation in contemporary India; 10 'Now or Never!': the inter-faith dialogue project of Acharya Maulana Shams Naved 'Usmani; 11 The Deendar Anjuman: between dialogue and conflict; 12 Islamist activism in contemporary India: the Students' Islamic Movement of India; 13 Kashmir: from national liberation to Islamist jihad?; Glossary; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Muslims in India today are responding to the challenge of religious pluralism in a variety of ways. This book explores the attempts being made by scholar-activists and Muslim organisations to develop new understandings of Islam to relate to people of other faiths and to the modern nation-state, and to deal with issues such as democracy and secularism. It examines how a common predicament, characterised by a sense of siege and the perception of being an oppressed minority, is producing new expressions of Islam, some of which seek to relate to non-Muslims in terms of confrontation, and others wh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Islam -- Relations -- Hinduism
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Hinduism -- Relations -- Islam
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Muslims -- Political activity -- India.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- Theology.
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Ethnic relations
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Hinduism
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Interfaith relations
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Islam
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Muslims -- Political activity
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Politics and government -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064944
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India -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203561384 |
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9780203561386 |
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