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Muslims in India Since 1947 Yoginder Sikand (Formerly Hamdard University, New Delhi, India)

Muslims in India Since 1947 By Yoginder Sikand (Formerly Hamdard University, New Delhi, India)

Muslims in India Since 1947 by Yoginder Sikand (Formerly Hamdard University, New Delhi, India)

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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 the modern nation-state, and deal with issues such as democracy and secularism.

Muslims in India Since 1947 Summary

Muslims in India Since 1947: Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations by Yoginder Sikand (Formerly Hamdard University, New Delhi, India)

This book examines the variety of ways in which Muslims, a significant minority in contemporary India, relate to the pluralist context

The author examines the new understandings of Islam which Indian Muslim scholars are developing in accordance to their minority situation

This book widens the discussion on the relation between Islam, inter-faith relations and political power

Muslims in India Since 1947 Reviews

'This book is a must read for studies and research about inter-religious dialogue and relations between Muslims and Hindus in India.' - The Muslim World Book Review, 26:I, 2005

About Yoginder Sikand (Formerly Hamdard University, New Delhi, India)

Yoginder Sikand is presently based at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden, The Netherlands as a post-doctoral research scholar. He is the editor of web-magazine www.islaminterfaith.org which is devoted to discussion of issues related to Muslims in South Asia.

Table of Contents

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 Morcha 9. 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? 14. Glossary 15. References

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Muslims in India Since 1947: Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations by Yoginder Sikand (Formerly Hamdard University, New Delhi, India)
Yoginder Sikand (Formerly Hamdard University, New Delhi, India)
Royal Asiatic Society Books
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2006-04-06
288
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