Indentured Muslims in the Diaspora: Identity and Belonging of Minority Groups in Plural Societies

ISBN-13: 9781138280502 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 342 str.

HASSANKHAN, MAURITS

Opis

Identity and Belonging of Minority Groups in Plural Societies. The focus of most studies on Indian indenture has been almost exclusively on Hindu religion and culture, even though an estimated seventeen percent of migrants were Muslims. This book thus fills an important gap in the indentured historiography, both to understand that past as well as to make sense of the present, when Muslim identities are undergoing rapid changes in response to both local and global realities. The book includes a chapter on the experiences of Muslim indentured immigrants of Indonesian descent who settled in Suriname.

Spis treści

1. Migration, Settlement, and Social Transformation: A Comparative Perspective 2. Islam and Muslims in South Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries: Revolt, Revivalism, and Accommodation 3. Social Transformations among Muslims in Contemporary Mauritius 4. Indian Muslims in South Africa: Historical and Contemporary perspectives, 1860-2015 5. Hindustani Muslims in Guyana – Tradition, Conflict and Change, 1838 to the Present 6. Identity and Acculturation of Trinidad Muslims: An Exploration of Contemporary Practices 7. Hindustani Muslims in Suriname: The Challenges Of Migration and Globalisation 8. The Development of Islam amongst the Javanese in Suriname 9. Islam in Fiji: Continuity, Adaptation and Change during the Indenture and Post-indenture Periods 10. Muharram in Diasporic Settings in the 21st Century