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Author Dandekar, Deepra

Title Islam, Sufism and Everyday Politics of Belonging in South Asia
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (381 pages)
Series Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
Routledge advances in South Asian studies.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Note on transliteration; List of contributors; Introduction: Framing Sufism in South Asian Muslim politics of belonging; Muslim politics of belonging; Sufism: label, concept, name; Sufism, shrines and the political: a contradiction in terms?; The chapters in this volume; Notes; PART I: Producing and identifying Sufism; 1. Sufis, dervishes and Alevi-Bektasıis: Interfaces of heterodox Islam and nationalist politics from the Balkans, Turkey and India; Comparing imperial withdrawals and their consequences
Dervish orders in Muslim-majority post-Ottoman states in Europe: Turkey and AlbaniaDervish orders and Alevis in Christian-majority post-Ottoman states; Syncretism and the inherent instability of liminality; Some South Asian comparisons; Conclusion: belonging, and not belonging, in religious-majority nation-states; Notes; 2. Who's the master?: Understanding the religious preceptors on the margins of modernized religions; Holy people and the contexts of belonging; Syncretism, sampradāys and modernized religions; Homogenization and diversity: who is guru Datta?
Marginalization: who could guru Datta be?Going back to the graves; Conclusion; Notes; 3. Islamic and Buddhist impacts on the shrine at Daftar Jailani, Sri Lanka; Introduction; Jailani shrine and festival; Historical summary; Buddhist pressure on Jailani; Media skirmish; Jailani flag-raising 2014; The future of Jailani; The larger picture; Conclusion; 4. Longing and belonging at a Sufi saint shrine abroad; Introduction; In the beginning; Taking root in America; Longing for Bawa; Split personalities; Notes; PART II: Everyday and public forms of belonging
5. The politics of gender in the Sufi imaginaryGender and meaning making; Structural and symbolic changes in the Sufi orders and beyond; Sufis, interfaith activism and gender equality discourses: the Chishtis of Ajmer, India; Sufism, social activism and competing masculinities; Sufis in the imaginary of the state: competing visions; Notes; 6. The everyday as an enactment of the trauma of being a Muslim woman in India; Everyday violence, the Muslim and the citizen-subject; Conclusion; Notes; 7. Who is in? Who is out?; Introduction; References to the legendary history
Politicized space': nationalization of Sufi shrinesHereditary descendants and the shrine administration; Linguistic and literary significance of mazārs; Social space at the mazārs: mingled religious identities; Conclusion; Notes; 8. The survival of the syncretic cults of Shirdi Sai Baba and Haji Ali despite Hindu nationalism in Mumbai; The cult of Shirdi Sai Baba in Mumbai; The cult of the Haji Ali dargāh (shrine); Politics in contemporary Mumbai and the syncretic cults of Sai Baba and Haji Ali; Conclusion; Notes; PART III: Sufi belonging, local and national
Summary "This book looks at the study of ideas, practices and institutions in South Asian Islam, commonly identified as 'Sufism', and how they relate to politics in South Asia. While the importance of Sufism for the lives of South Asian Muslims has been repeatedly asserted, the specific role played by Sufism in contestations over social and political belonging in South Asia has not yet been fully analysed. Looking at examples from five countries in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan), the book begins with a detailed introduction to political concerns over 'belonging' in relation to questions concerning Sufism and Islam in South Asia. This is followed with sections on Producing and Identifying Sufism; Everyday and Public Forms of Belonging; Sufi Belonging, Local and National; and Intellectual History and Narratives of Belonging. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines, the book explores the connection of Islam, Sufism and the Politics of Belonging in South Asia. It is an important contribution to South Asian Studies, Islamic Studies and South Asian Religion."--Provided by publisher
Notes 9. Abdul Kader Mukadam: Political opinions and a genealogy of Marathi intellectual and Muslim progressivism
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Subject Sufis -- Political activity -- South Asia
Sufis -- Political activity
South Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Tschacher, Torsten
ISBN 9781317435969
1317435966