Islam in South Asia in Practice (Princeton Readings in Religions) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0691044201 ISBN 13: 9780691044200

Verlag: University Press Group, 2009

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This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of more than thirty scholars of Islam and Muslim societies in South Asia to create a rich anthology of primary texts that contributes to a new appreciation of the lived religious and cultural experiences of the world's largest population of Muslims. The thirty-four selections--translated from Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati, Hindavi, Dakhani, and other languages--highlight a wide variety of genres, many rarely found in standard accounts of Islamic practice, from oral narratives to elite guidance manuals, from devotional songs to secular judicial decisions arbitrating Islamic law, and from political posters to a discussion among college women affiliated with an "Islamist" organization. Drawn from premodern texts, modern pamphlets, government and organizational archives, new media, and contemporary fieldwork, the selections reflect the rich diversity of Islamic belief and practice in South Asia. Each reading is introduced with a brief contextual note from its scholar-translator, and Barbara Metcalf introduces the whole volume with a substantial historical overview.

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"Barbara Metcalf has helped transform the study of modern South Asian Islam by her insistence on close readings of texts; her attention to religious practice, institutions, and worldview; and her refusal to dismiss the concerns of South Asian actors. This edited volume, with its magisterial introduction, exemplifies these qualities while giving us access to a wide range of texts from throughout South Asia. She and her collaborators are owed great thanks."--Juan Cole, author of Engaging the Muslim World

"This is undoubtedly the richest collection of materials on South Asian Islam ever to be published in a single volume. What makes it so rich is its contributors' presentation and interpretation of primary texts, rather than any attempt to broach a synthetic narrative, however complex. This approach allows the book to be used in different ways: as an introduction to the wealth of Muslim texts and practices in South Asia, as a guide to scholarly debates on South Asian Islam, and as a reference. Barbara Metcalf's introduction is a masterpiece of lucid condensation."--Faisal Devji, New School

"This is a book of the first importance. It offers a way of engaging with Muslims and Muslim societies that takes them out of orientalist and political discourses and instead focuses on what Muslims actually say and do. It should form approaches to Islam among generations of students. Barbara Metcalf's masterly introduction gives the whole book a rich context infused with deep historical understanding."--Francis Robinson, University of London

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Contents

Princeton Readings in Religions........................................................................................................................................vNote on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................viiList of Illustrations..................................................................................................................................................xiiiContributors...........................................................................................................................................................xvPreface: Islam in South Asia in Practice Barbara D. Metcalf..........................................................................................................xviiMaps...................................................................................................................................................................xxviIntroduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia Barbara D. Metcalf........................................................................................1Introduction Barbara D. Metcalf......................................................................................................................................431. Satpanthi Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams Ali S. Asani..................................................................................................482. The Soul's Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi's Hindavi Romance Aditya Behl...........................................................................................633. Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer Catherine B. Asher.............................................................................................................774. Women's Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan Richard Eaton.........................................................................875. Qawwali Songs of Praise Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich......................................................................................................936. Na't: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice Patrick Eisenlohr......................................................................1017. Shi'i Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala Syed Akbar Hyder and Carla Petievich.....................................................1138. Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan Jamal J. Elias.........................................................................................................120Introduction Barbara D. Metcalf......................................................................................................................................1359. Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal Barbara D. Metcalf..........................................................................................13810. Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab Anna Bigelow...................................................................................................14411. The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi, by Badr al-Din Sirhindi Carl Ernst....................................................................................15812. Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan's Life and 'Urs, Late Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Centuries Usha Sanyal.....................16613. Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Majzub in Colonial India Nile Green.............................................................................................173Introduction Barbara D. Metcalf......................................................................................................................................18714. Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar's Book of One Thousand Questions Ronit Ricci..............................................19015. The Taqwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) by Shah Isma'il Shahid Barbara D. Metcalf...........................................................................20116. The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual Scott Kugle.............................................................................21217. Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century Muhammad Qasim Zaman.................................................................................22518. Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama'at Account of a Mission in India Barbara D. Metcalf.....................................................................24019. A College Girl Gives a Qur'an Lesson in Bangladesh Maimuna Huq...................................................................................................250Introduction Barbara D. Metcalf......................................................................................................................................26520. Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives Barbara D. Metcalf.........................................................................................................27121. Guiding the Ruler and Prince Muzaffar Alam.......................................................................................................................27922. A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim Alan M. Guenther...............................................................................................................29323. Maulana Thanawi's Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children Fareeha Khan..............................................................................30524. Shari'at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India Ebrahim Moosa.............................................................................................31725. Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) Marcia Hermansen...................................32626. Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names Muhammad Khalid Masud........................................................................................................33927. A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath Sylvia Vatuk........................................................................352Introduction Barbara D. Metcalf......................................................................................................................................37128. Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal Richard Eaton..................................................................................................37529. Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to 'Abd al-Qadir Badayuni Ahmed Azfar Moin......................................................39030. Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari's Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese Engseng Ho....................................40331. Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan David Gilmartin............................................................................40932. Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954 Asad Ahmed...............................................................................................42433. Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences Naveeda Khan...........................................................................43834. The...

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• Verlag: University Press Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0691044201
• ISBN 13: 9780691044200
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 506
• Herausgeber: Metcalf Barbara
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