Muslims in India since 1947 : Islamic perspectives on inter-faith relations /
Sikand, Yoginder Singh.
Muslims in India since 1947 : Islamic perspectives on inter-faith relations / Yoginder Sikand. - London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. - 1 online resource (x, 274 pages) - Royal Asiatic Society books . - Royal Asiatic Society books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index.
Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration and sources; 1 Introduction; 2 Asghar 'Ali Engineer's quest for a contextual Islamic theology; 3 Islam and the Muslim-minority predicament: reflections on the contributions of Sayyed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi; 4 Peace, dialogue and da'wah: an analysis of the writings of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan; 5 Islamic Voice's agenda for the Muslims of India; 6 An Islamist approach to inter-faith dialogue: the Jama'at-i Islami of India; 7 Islamic perspectives on liberation and dialogue: Muslim writings in Dalit Voice 8 The 'Dalit Muslims' and the All-India Backward Muslim Morcha9 Islam and the Dalit quest for liberation in contemporary India; 10 'Now or Never!': the inter-faith dialogue project of Acharya Maulana Shams Naved 'Usmani; 11 The Deendar Anjuman: between dialogue and conflict; 12 Islamist activism in contemporary India: the Students' Islamic Movement of India; 13 Kashmir: from national liberation to Islamist jihad?; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
Muslims in India today are responding to the challenge of religious pluralism in a variety of ways. This book explores the attempts being made by scholar-activists and Muslim organisations to develop new understandings of Islam to relate to people of other faiths and to the modern nation-state, and to deal with issues such as democracy and secularism. It examines how a common predicament, characterised by a sense of siege and the perception of being an oppressed minority, is producing new expressions of Islam, some of which seek to relate to non-Muslims in terms of confrontation, and others wh.
0203561384 9780203561386
Since 1947
Islam--Relations--Hinduism.
Hinduism--Relations--Islam.
Muslims--Political activity--India.
RELIGION--Islam--Theology.
Ethnic relations
Hinduism
Interfaith relations
Islam
Muslims--Political activity
Politics and government
India--Politics and government--1947-
India--Ethnic relations.
Inde--Politique et gouvernement--1947-
India
BP173.H5 / S48 2004eb
297.2/8/0954
Muslims in India since 1947 : Islamic perspectives on inter-faith relations / Yoginder Sikand. - London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. - 1 online resource (x, 274 pages) - Royal Asiatic Society books . - Royal Asiatic Society books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index.
Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration and sources; 1 Introduction; 2 Asghar 'Ali Engineer's quest for a contextual Islamic theology; 3 Islam and the Muslim-minority predicament: reflections on the contributions of Sayyed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi; 4 Peace, dialogue and da'wah: an analysis of the writings of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan; 5 Islamic Voice's agenda for the Muslims of India; 6 An Islamist approach to inter-faith dialogue: the Jama'at-i Islami of India; 7 Islamic perspectives on liberation and dialogue: Muslim writings in Dalit Voice 8 The 'Dalit Muslims' and the All-India Backward Muslim Morcha9 Islam and the Dalit quest for liberation in contemporary India; 10 'Now or Never!': the inter-faith dialogue project of Acharya Maulana Shams Naved 'Usmani; 11 The Deendar Anjuman: between dialogue and conflict; 12 Islamist activism in contemporary India: the Students' Islamic Movement of India; 13 Kashmir: from national liberation to Islamist jihad?; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
Muslims in India today are responding to the challenge of religious pluralism in a variety of ways. This book explores the attempts being made by scholar-activists and Muslim organisations to develop new understandings of Islam to relate to people of other faiths and to the modern nation-state, and to deal with issues such as democracy and secularism. It examines how a common predicament, characterised by a sense of siege and the perception of being an oppressed minority, is producing new expressions of Islam, some of which seek to relate to non-Muslims in terms of confrontation, and others wh.
0203561384 9780203561386
Since 1947
Islam--Relations--Hinduism.
Hinduism--Relations--Islam.
Muslims--Political activity--India.
RELIGION--Islam--Theology.
Ethnic relations
Hinduism
Interfaith relations
Islam
Muslims--Political activity
Politics and government
India--Politics and government--1947-
India--Ethnic relations.
Inde--Politique et gouvernement--1947-
India
BP173.H5 / S48 2004eb
297.2/8/0954