Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism

ISBN-13: 9781316649817 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 303 str.

Justin Jones

Opis

This book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947.

Spis treści

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.