Islam in South Asia in Practice /

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

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 larg...

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

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