Muslim Communities and Cultures of the Himalayas: Conceptualizing the Global Ummah

ISBN-13: 9780367673314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 168 str.

Megan Adamson Sijapati

Opis

This book chronicles individual perspectives and specific iterations of Muslim community, practice, and experience in the Himalayan region to bring into scholarly conversation the presence of varying Muslim cultures in the Himalaya.

Spis treści

1. Diversity, Continuity, and Disjuncture: Approaching Multivocal Perspectives on Being Muslim in the Himalaya  2. Topiwalla Jinn and the Past-Times of Violence in Kashmir  3. Everyday Religiosity and Extraordinary Experiences: Nepali Muslim Narratives of Hajj  4. Portrait of an Indian Freedom Fighter: Munshi Abdul Sattar  5. Land of the Ungoverned: On the Historiography of Lawlessness at the Frontier of Empire  6. Perspectives: A Photo Essay  7. "When a Woman is Educated in Islam": Conversations with Alima of Ladakh  8. Hindu Shopkeepers, Qur'anic Verses: Intersecting Practices Between Muslims and Hindus of Nepal  9. The Social and Political Life of a Relic: The Episode of the Moi-e-Muqaddas Theft in Kashmir, 1963-1964  10. "Himalayan Ummah" as a Meeting Point Between Various Islamic Cultures: The Case of Chinese Muslim Community Trading Interactions in Amdo  11. Messy Narratives of Belonging: Hijrat and the Khache