| Islamic Contestations: Essays on Muslims in India and Pakistan Contributor(s): Metcalf, Barbara D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 019568513X ISBN-13: 9780195685138 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: The essays in this volume, written over the course of the last quarter century, are intended to contribute to understanding the role that Islamic symbols and identities have come to play in Northern India and, since 1947, in Pakistan. Above all these essays offer a challenge to current negative stereotypes of the Muslim faith, demonstrating that the religion is not characterised by political militancy nor dominated by static traditionalism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 305.697 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.46" W x 8.48" (0.91 lbs) 374 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume, written over the course of the last quarter century, are intended to contribute to understanding the role that Islamic symbols and identities have come to play in Northern India and, since 1947, in Pakistan. Above all these essays offer a challenge to current negative stereotypes of the Muslim faith, demonstrating that the religion is not characterised by political militancy nor dominated by static traditionalism. |