Islamic connections Muslim societies in South and Southeast Asia

Well over half of the world's Muslim population lives in Asia. Over the centuries, a rich constellation of Muslim cultures developed there and the region is currently home to some of the most dynamic and important developments in contemporary Islam. Despite this, the internal dynamics of Muslim...

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Other Authors: Feener, R. Michael (Editor), Sevea, Terenjit (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2009
Series:ISEAS series on Islam
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Issues and Ideologies in the Study of Regional Muslim Cultures
  • 1. CONNECTED HISTORIES? Regional Historiography and Theories of Cultural Contact between Early South and Southeast Asia
  • 2. LIKE BANNERS ON THE SEA: Muslim Trade Networks and Islamization in Malabar and Maritime Southeast Asia
  • 3. CIRCULATING ISLAM: Understanding Convergence and Divergence in the Islamic Traditions of Ma'bar and Nusantara
  • 4. FROM JEWISH DISCIPLE TO MUSLIM GURU: On Literary and Religious Transformations in Late Nineteenth Century Java
  • 5. WAYANG PARSI, BANGSAWAN AND PRINTING: Commercial Cultural Exchange between South Asia and the Malay World
  • 6. RELIGION AND THE UNDERMINING OF BRITISH RULE IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING THE GREAT WAR
  • 7. THE AHMADIYYA PRINT JIHAD IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
  • 8. MAKING MEDINAS IN THE EAST: Islamist Connections and Progressive Islam
  • 9. SHARI'A-MINDEDNESS IN THE MALAY WORLD AND THE INDIAN CONNECTION: The Contributions of Nur al-Din al-Raniri and Nik Abdul Aziz Bin Haji Nik Mat
  • 10. THE TABLIGHI JAMA'AT AS VEHICLE OF (RE)DISCOVERY: Conversion Narratives and the Appropriation of India in the Southeast Asian Tablighi Movement
  • 11. FROM KARACHI TO KUALA LUMPUR: Charting Sufi Identity across the Indian Ocean