The Shi'a in Modern South Asia
Religion, History and Politics
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About this book
While most studies of Shi'i Islam have focused upon Iran or the Middle East, South Asia is another global region which is home to a large and influential Shi'i population. This edited volume establishes the importance of the Indian subcontinent, which has been profoundly shaped by Shi'i cultures, regimes and populations throughout its history, for the study of Shi'i Islam in the modern world. The essays within this volume, all written by leading scholars of the field, explore various Shi'i communities (both Isna 'Ashari and Isma'ili) in parts of the subcontinent as diverse as Karachi, Lucknow, Bombay and Hyderabad, as well as South Asian Shi'i diasporas in East Africa. Drawing from a range of disciplinary perspectives including history, religious studies, anthropology and political science, they examine a range of themes relating to Shi'i belief, practice, piety and belonging, as well as relations between Shi'i and non-Shi'i communities.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Shi‘a in South Asia
- 1 Faith Deployed for a New Shi‘i Polity in India: The Theology of Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali Nasirabadi
- 2 The Isma‘ili – Isna ‘Ashari Divide Among the Khojas: Exploring Forgotten Judicial Data from Karachi
- 3 Local Nodes of a Transnational Network: A case study of a Shi‘i family in Awadh, 1900–1950
- 4 Shi‘ism, Humanity and Revolution in Twentieth-century India: Selfhood and Politics in the Husainology of ‘Ali Naqi Naqvi
- 5 Universalising Aspirations: Community and Social Service in the Isma‘ili Imagination in Twentieth-century South Asia and East Africa
- 6 Muslims, Media and Mobility in the Indian Ocean Region: Two conceptions of Twelver Shi‘i Reform
- 7 Shari‘a, Shi‘as and Chishtiya Revivalism: Contextualising the Growth of Sectarianism in the Tradition of the Sialvi Saints of Punjab
- 8 Third Wave Shi‘ism: Sayyid ‘Arif Husain al-Husaini and the Islamic Revolution in Pakistan
- Contributors
- Index