The Islamic connection:South Asia and The Gulf
Material type: TextPublication details: USA VIKING 2017Description: xv,303pISBN: 978-0-670-09049-5Subject(s): Indo-Islamic civilizationDDC classification: 297.0954 Summary: The region inhabited by the largest number of Muslims-roughly 500 million-today is South Asia. In the course of the Islamization process that began in the eighth century, the region developed a distinct Indo-Islamic civilization that culminated in the Mughal Empire. In the Gulf, while paying lip service to the power centres, including Mecca and Medina, this civilization cultivated its own variety of Islam, which was based on Sufism. Over the last fifty years, pan-Islamic ties have intensified between these two regions. Gathering together some of the best specialists on the subject, this volume explores these ideological, educational and spiritual networks, which have gained momentum due to political strategies, migration flows and increased communications. At stake are both the resilience of the civilization that imbued South Asia with a specific identity and the relations between Sunnis and Shias in a region where Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a cultural proxy war. The Islamic Connection investigates the nature and implications of the cultural, spiritual and socio-economic rapprochement between these two Islams.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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297.095 NAI/B Beyond belief : Islamic excursions among the converted peoples | 297.0954 EAT/E Essays on Islam and Indian history | 297.0954 GHA/B Born a Muslim : some truths about Islam in India | 297.0954 ISL The Islamic connection:South Asia and The Gulf | 297.0954 RAJ/A Advent of Islam in India | 297.0954 ROB/M The Muslim world in modern South Asia: power, authority, knowledge | 297.0954 SHI/I The Indian Mujahideen : the enemy within |
The region inhabited by the largest number of Muslims-roughly 500 million-today is South Asia. In the course of the Islamization process that began in the eighth century, the region developed a distinct Indo-Islamic civilization that culminated in the Mughal Empire. In the Gulf, while paying lip service to the power centres, including Mecca and Medina, this civilization cultivated its own variety of Islam, which was based on Sufism.
Over the last fifty years, pan-Islamic ties have intensified between these two regions. Gathering together some of the best specialists on the subject, this volume explores these ideological, educational and spiritual networks, which have gained momentum due to political strategies, migration flows and increased communications. At stake are both the resilience of the civilization that imbued South Asia with a specific identity and the relations between Sunnis and Shias in a region where Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a cultural proxy war. The Islamic Connection investigates the nature and implications of the cultural, spiritual and socio-economic rapprochement between these two Islams.
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