ISBN:
9781474466837
,
1474466834
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 190 pages
,
illustrations
,
24 cm
Keywords:
Muslims / South Asia
;
Muslims / Southeast Asia
;
Musulmans / Asie méridionale
;
Musulmans / Asie du Sud-Est
;
Muslims
;
South Asia
;
Southeast Asia
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Approaching religious identity with an emphasis on agency and contestation, this book offers a historical perspective on the development of Muslim identities in Asia. It examines the contingent politics that influence how Muslims constitute themselves as modern subjects.0Through 9 country-based case studies, the book analyses how Muslims articulate their religious identity vis-à-vis the state and society in which they live, and how their position relates to specific social and political contexts. The contributors survey how religious affiliation sparks a politics of difference in contexts where Islamic practices, beliefs and aspirations are contested, as well as where Muslims are framed as the ?Other?
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