The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship

The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship
ISBN-10
0755634462
ISBN-13
9780755634460
Category
History
Pages
244
Language
English
Published
2021-06-17
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Sana Haroon

Description

In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, Shias and Sunnis attempted to modify the laws relating to their places of worship. Their efforts failed as the ideals they presented flew in the face of colonial secularism. This book looks at the legal history of Muslim endowments and the intellectual and social history of sectarian identities, demonstrating how these topics are interconnected in ways that affected the everyday lives of mosque congregants across North India. Through the use of legal records, archives and multiple case studies Sana Haroon ties a series of narrative threads stretching across multiple regions in Colonial South Asia.

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