Usha Sanyal - Böcker

Indian Muslims in the 19th century lived in an era of great political, social and economic change brought about by colonial rule. This study examines the ways in which one important school of theologians attempted to shape the renewal of their com...

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Through the study of the fatawas and tracts of Ahmad Riza Khan, Sanyal analyses the religious discourse of the Ahl-e Sunn which was at the core of a process of identity formation and which had wider ramifications for relations with competing Musli...

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How do women express individual agency when engaging in seemingly prescribed or approved practices such as religious fasting? How are sectarian identities played out in the performance of food piety? What do food practices tell us about how women ...

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How do women express individual agency when engaging in seemingly prescribed or approved practices such as religious fasting? How are sectarian identities played out in the performance of food piety? What do food practices tell us about how women ...

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How do women express individual agency when engaging in seemingly prescribed or approved practices such as religious fasting? How are sectarian identities played out in the performance of food piety? What do food practices tell us about how women ...

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How do women express individual agency when engaging in seemingly prescribed or approved practices such as religious fasting? How are sectarian identities played out in the performance of food piety? What do food practices tell us about how women ...

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This book examines the life and thought of Ahmad Riza Khan (1856 - 1921), the legendary leader of the 20th-century Ahl-e Sunnat movement, who represented a strong tendency in South Asian Islam which is sufi, ritualistic, intercessionary, and hiera...

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