Islam in South Asia in Practice / / Barbara D. Metcalf.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• TeilnehmendeR: Metcalf, Barbara D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Readings in Religions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 23 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps.

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Princeton Readings in Religions -- Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Acknowledgments -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface: Islam in South Asia in Practice / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- Maps -- Introduction: A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- Devotion and Praise: To Allah, Muhammad, Imams, and Elders -- Introduction / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 1. Satpanthi Ismaili Songs to Hazrat Ali and the Imams / Asani, Ali S. -- 2. The Soul's Quest in Malik Muhammad Jayasi's Hindavi Romance / Behl, Aditya -- 3. Pilgrimage to the Shrines in Ajmer / Asher, Catherine B. -- 4. Women's Grinding and Spinning Songs of Devotion in the Late Medieval Deccan / Eaton, Richard -- 5. Qawwali Songs of Praise / Hyder, Syed Akbar / Petievich, Carla -- 6. Na't: Media Contexts and Transnational Dimensions of a Devotional Practice / Eisenlohr, Patrick -- 7. Shi'i Mourning in Muhurram: Nauha Laments for Children Killed at Karbala / Hyder, Syed Akbar / Petievich, Carla -- 8. Islam and the Devotional Image in Pakistan / Elias, Jamal J. -- Holy and Exemplary Lives -- Introduction / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 9. Ibn Battuta Meets Shah Jalal al-Din Tabrizi in Bengal / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 10. Narratives of the Life of Haider Shaykh in Punjab / Bigelow, Anna -- 11. The Daily Life of a Saint, Ahmad Sirhindi, by Badr al-Din Sirhindi / Ernst, Carl -- 12. Sufi Ritual Practice among the Barkatiyya Sayyids of U.P.: Nuri Miyan's Life and 'Urs, Late Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Centuries / Sanyal, Usha -- 13. Transgressions of a Holy Fool: A Majzub in Colonial India / Green, Nile -- The Transmission of Learning -- Introduction / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 14. Saving Tamil Muslims from the Torments of Hell: Vannapparimalappulavar's Book of One Thousand Questions / Ricci, Ronit -- 15. The Taqwiyyat al-Iman (Support of the Faith) by Shah Isma'il Shahid / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 16. The Brilliance of Hearts: Hajji Imdadullah Teaches Meditation and Ritual / Kugle, Scott -- 17. Studying Hadith in a Madrasa in the Early Twentieth Century / Zaman, Muhammad Qasim -- 18. Jihad in the Way of God: A Tablighi Jama'at Account of a Mission in India / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 19. A College Girl Gives a Qur'an Lesson in Bangladesh / Huq, Maimuna -- Guidance, Sharia, and Law -- Introduction / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 20. Ibn Battuta as a Qadi in the Maldives / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 21. Guiding the Ruler and Prince / Alam, Muzaffar -- 22. A Colonial Court Defines a Muslim / Guenther, Alan M. -- 23. Maulana Thanawi's Fatwa on the Limits of Parental Rights over Children / Khan, Fareeha -- 24. Shari'at Governance in Colonial and Postcolonial India / Moosa, Ebrahim -- 25. Two Sufis on Molding the New Muslim Woman: Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-1955) and Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) / Hermansen, Marcia -- 26. Fatwa Advice on Proper Muslim Names / Masud, Muhammad Khalid -- 27. A Rallying Cry for Muslim Personal Law: The Shah Bano Case and Its Aftermath / Vatuk, Sylvia -- Belonging -- Introduction / Metcalf, Barbara D. -- 28. Forest Clearing and the Growth of Islam in Bengal / Eaton, Richard -- 29. Challenging the Mughal Emperor: The Islamic Millennium according to 'Abd al-Qadir Badayuni / Moin, Ahmed Azfar -- 30. Custom and Conversion in Malabar: Zayn al-Din al-Malibari's Gift of the Mujahidin: Some Accounts of the Portuguese / Ho, Engseng -- 31. Muslim League Appeals to the Voters of Punjab for Support of Pakistan / Gilmartin, David -- 32. Advocating a Secular Pakistan: The Munir Report of 1954 / Ahmed, Asad -- 33. Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi on the Limits of Legitimate Religious Differences / Khan, Naveeda -- 34. The Indian Jama'at-i Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy / Ahmad, Irfan -- Glossary -- Index