Moderate or Militant
Images of India’s Muslims
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Foreign Legal Systems, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, Religion & Spirituality
| Author: | Mushirul Hasan | ISBN: | 9780199087969 |
| Publisher: | OUP India | Publication: | February 13, 2008 |
| Imprint: | OUP India | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mushirul Hasan |
| ISBN: | 9780199087969 |
| Publisher: | OUP India |
| Publication: | February 13, 2008 |
| Imprint: | OUP India |
| Language: | English |
In this book Mushirul Hasan articulates a vision of Islam or rather the many different kinds of Islam, instead of the frightening monolith of popular perception, living in harmony with other faiths, and of Indian Muslims, inheritors of the great Indian civilization, living in a plural society. Engaging with the debates surrounding the society, polity, and history of India's Muslims, and using historical and literary sources, as well as the writings of modern Muslim thinkers like Aziz Ahmad and Mohammad Mujeeb, Hasan traces the development of contemporary ideas about Muslims from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, through British rule and the partition, to the present day. For Hasan, a truly secular reading of Indian history reveals Indian Islam as one that exists in a pluralist milieu.
In this book Mushirul Hasan articulates a vision of Islam or rather the many different kinds of Islam, instead of the frightening monolith of popular perception, living in harmony with other faiths, and of Indian Muslims, inheritors of the great Indian civilization, living in a plural society. Engaging with the debates surrounding the society, polity, and history of India's Muslims, and using historical and literary sources, as well as the writings of modern Muslim thinkers like Aziz Ahmad and Mohammad Mujeeb, Hasan traces the development of contemporary ideas about Muslims from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, through British rule and the partition, to the present day. For Hasan, a truly secular reading of Indian history reveals Indian Islam as one that exists in a pluralist milieu.
