Shiʿa Islam in colonial India : religion, community and sectarianism
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Shiʿa Islam in colonial India : religion, community and sectarianism
（Cambridge studies in Indian history and society, 18）
Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Summary: "This book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward Independence in 1947"--Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index
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Description
Interest in Shi'a Islam has increased greatly in recent years, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. Focusing on the influential Shi'a minority of Lucknow and the United Provinces, a region that was largely under Shi'a rule until 1856, this book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. Drawing on a range of new sources, including religious writing, polemical literature and clerical biography, it assesses seminal developments including the growth of Shi'a religious activism, madrasa education, missionary activity, ritual innovation and the politicization of the Shi'a community. As a consequence of these significant religious and social transformations, a Shi'a sectarian identity developed that existed in separation from rather than in interaction with its Sunni counterparts. In this way the painful birth of modern sectarianism was initiated, the consequences of which are very much alive in South Asia today.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Madrasas, mujtahids, and missionaries: Shi'a clerical expansion in colonial India
- 2. Mosques, majalis and Muharram: marketplace Shi'ism
- 3. Anjumans, endowments and Indian Shi'ism: the making of Shi'a society
- 4. Aligarh, jihad, and pan-Islam: the politicisation of the Indian Shi'a
- 5. The tabarra agitation and Shi'a-Sunni conflict in late colonial India
- Conclusion.
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