Mosques of Colonial South Asia, The: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship (Library of Islamic South Asia) - Softcover

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Haroon, Sana

 
9780755643004: Mosques of Colonial South Asia, The: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship (Library of Islamic South Asia)

Synopsis

In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, Shias and Sunnis attempted to modify the laws relating to their places of worship. Their efforts failed as the ideals they presented flew in the face of colonial secularism. This book looks at the legal history of Muslim endowments and the intellectual and social history of sectarian identities, demonstrating how these topics are interconnected in ways that affected the everyday lives of mosque congregants across North India. Through the use of legal records, archives and multiple case studies Sana Haroon ties a series of narrative threads stretching across multiple regions in Colonial South Asia.

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About the Author

Sana Haroon is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA. She is the author of Frontier of Faith: Islam in the Indo-Afhgan Borderland.

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ISBN 10:  0755634446 ISBN 13:  9780755634446
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