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The Aga Khan Case : Religion and Identity in Colonial India.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674067707
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Aga Khan CaseDDC classification:
  • 344.54/7096
LOC classification:
  • KNS46
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Prehistories of the Isma'ili Sect in Nineteenth-Century Bombay -- 2. Sectarian Showdown in the Aga Khan Case of 1866 -- 3. Reading Satpanth against the Judicial Archive -- 4. Comparative Formations of the Hindu Swami Narayan "Sect" -- 5. Sect and Secularism in the Early Nationalist Period -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: An Arab-centric perspective dominates the West's understanding of Islam. Purohit presses for a view of Islam as a heterogeneous religion that has found a variety of expressions in local contexts. The Ismaili community in colonial India illustrates how much more complex Muslim identity is, and always has been, than the media would have us believe.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Prehistories of the Isma'ili Sect in Nineteenth-Century Bombay -- 2. Sectarian Showdown in the Aga Khan Case of 1866 -- 3. Reading Satpanth against the Judicial Archive -- 4. Comparative Formations of the Hindu Swami Narayan "Sect" -- 5. Sect and Secularism in the Early Nationalist Period -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

An Arab-centric perspective dominates the West's understanding of Islam. Purohit presses for a view of Islam as a heterogeneous religion that has found a variety of expressions in local contexts. The Ismaili community in colonial India illustrates how much more complex Muslim identity is, and always has been, than the media would have us believe.

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