Being Muslim in South Asia

Diversity and Daily Life

Edited by Robin Jeffrey and Ronojoy Sen

Emphasizes the daily-life aspects of Muslim life in the various countries of South Asia.
Underlines diversity and varied experiences.
Stands in contrast to the recent spate of books about Muslims, security and violence.

Being Muslim in South Asia

Diversity and Daily Life

Edited by Robin Jeffrey and Ronojoy Sen

Description

This book contributes to the rich recent scholarship on contemporary Islam in South Asia. It provides insights into the controversies of the past 150 years over how South Asian Muslims ought to respond to the challenges of modernity and Western imperialism. Though such contests of ideas began with a few intellectuals, their consequences flowed through to touch the lives of ordinary people. The book also traces the processes, in train since British times, that have created large social categories out of diverse, dispersed communities. In the past, such communities shared only a common devotion, a sacred book and the duties the book enshrined. This volume highlights the diversity of peoples and practices among South Asians who follow Islam. Readers learn about aspects of those practices in the resolution of disputes, the education of children, the marriage of offspring, and the recreations of leisure time. The book does not underplay the violence, oppression, and uncertainty that Muslims of South Asia too often face in recent times. Overall, the book invites readers to contemplate the diverse daily lives of the more than 500 million people who are Muslims in South Asia.

Being Muslim in South Asia

Diversity and Daily Life

Edited by Robin Jeffrey and Ronojoy Sen

List of Tables
Figures and Maps
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Diversity and Daily Life - Robin Jeffrey and Ronojoy Sen
1. Islam and Modernity in South Asia Muhammad Khalid Masud
2. Islam and Democracy in India: From Savile Row to Jyotiba Phule Park Barbara D. Metcalf
3. Imagining Religion: Portraits of Islamic Consciousness in Pakistan Riaz Hassan
4. The Challenges of Diversity: 'Casting' Muslim Communities in South India Torsten Tschacher
5. Matrilocal Marriage and Women's Property among the Moors of Sri Lanka Dennis B. McGilvray
6. The Making of a Diasporic Muslim Family Salim Lakha
7. The Ismaili Conciliation and Arbitration Board (CAB) in India: a model of community justice? Arif A. Jamal
8. 'Ilm and the Individual: Religious Education and Religious Ideas in Pakistan Matthew J. Nelson
9. Darul Uloom Deoband's Approach on Social Issues: Image, Reality and Perception Taberez Ahmed Neyazi
10. 'Being Muslim' in Contemporary India: Nation, Identity and Rights Tanweer Fazal
11. Transnational Networks, Political Islam and the Concept of Ummah in Bangladesh Mubashar Hasan
12. Muslim Aspirations in Bangladesh: Looking Back and Redrawing Boundaries Samia Huq
13. Media in Pakistan: Ideology, Indoctrination, Intimidation Khaled Ahmed
14. Kafka in India: Terrorism, Media, Muslims Irfan Ahmad
15. A Million Salutes: India's Mohammedan Sporting Club Ronojoy Sen
About the Editors and Contributors
Glossary
Index

Being Muslim in South Asia

Diversity and Daily Life

Edited by Robin Jeffrey and Ronojoy Sen

Author Information

Robin Jeffrey, Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Ronojoy Sen, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Contributors:

Tanweer Fazal is an Assistant Professor at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi; Mubashar Hasan is a doctoral candidate at the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith Business School, Brisbane, Australia; Riaz Hassan is a Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Samia Huq is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Social Science at BRAC University, Dhaka; Arif A. Jamal is an Assistant Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore; Salim Lakha is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at University of Melbourne; Muhammad Khalid Masud was formerly Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, Islamabad, and Professor and Academic Director of ISIM, Leiden, the Netherlands; Dennis B. McGilvray is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology in University of Colorado at Boulder; Barbara D. Metcalf is Mellon Emeritus Fellow at the Department of History, University of Michigan, and Professor of History Emerita, University of California, Davis; Matthew J. Nelson is a Reader in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Taberez Ahmed Neyazi is an Assistant Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; Ronojoy Sen is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore; Torsten Tschacher is Lecturer for Tamil Language and Culture at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany.