Islamic Connections : : Muslim Societies in South and Southeast Asia / / ed. by R. Michael Feener, Terenjit Sevea.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Ali, Daud,; Dijk, Kees van,; Feener, R. Michael,; Noor, Farish A.,; Prange, Sebastian R.,; Putten, Jan van der,; Ricci, Ronit,; Riddell, Peter G.,; Rozehnal, Robert,; Sevea, Iqbal Singh,; Sevea, Terenjit,; Tschacher, Torsten,
• HerausgeberIn: Michael Feener, R.,; Sevea, Terenjit,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)

Well over half of the world’s Muslim population lives in Asia. Over the centuries a rich constellation of Muslim cultures developed there and the region is currently home to some of the most dynamic and important developments in contemporary Islam. Despite this, the internal dynamics of Muslim societies in Asia do not often receive commensurate attention in international Islamic Studies scholarship. This volume brings together the work of an interdisciplinary group of scholars discussing various aspects of the complex relationships between the Muslim communities of South and Southeast Asia. With their respective contributions covering points and patterns of interaction from the medieval to the contemporary periods, they attempt to map new trajectories for understanding the ways in which these two crucial areas have developed in relation to each other, as well as in the broader contexts of both world history and the current age of globalization.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- the Contributors -- Introduction: Issues and Ideologies in the Study of Regional Muslim Cultures -- 1. Connected Histories? Regional Historiography and Theories of Cultural Contact Between Early South and Southeast Asia -- 2. Like Banners on the Sea: Muslim Trade Networks and Islamization in Malabar and Maritime Southeast Asia -- 3. Circulating Islam: Understanding Convergence and Divergence in the Islamic Traditions of Ma‘bar and Nusantara -- 4. From Jewish Disciple to Muslim Guru: On Literary and Religious Transformations in Late Nineteenth Century Java -- 5. Wayang Parsi, Bangsawan and Printing: Commercial Cultural Exchange between South Asia and the Malay World -- 6. Religion and the Undermining of British Rule in South and Southeast Asia during the Great War -- 7. The Ahmadiyya Print Jihad in South and Southeast Asia -- 8. Making Medinas in the East: Islamist Connections and Progressive Islam -- 9. Shari‘a-mindedness in the Malay World and the Indian Connection: The Contributions of Nur al-Din al-Raniri and Nik Abdul Aziz bin Haji Nik Mat -- 10. The Tablighi Jama‘at as Vehicle of (Re)Discovery: Conversion Narratives and the Appropriation of India in the Southeast Asian Tablighi Movement -- 11. From Karachi to Kuala Lumpur: Charting Sufi Identity across the Indian Ocean -- Index