Living Islam Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier

Name: Living Islam Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier
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ISBN: 9780521617659

ISBN-10: 0521617650

ISBN-13: 9780521617659

Edition: 2005

Authors: Magnus Marsden

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Popular representations of Pakistan's North-West Frontier have long featured simplistic images of tribal blood feuds, fanatical religion, and the seclusion of women. The rise to power of the radical Taliban regime in neighboring Afghanistan enhanced the region's reputation as a place of anti-Western militancy. Immersed in the lives of the Frontier's villagers for more than ten years, Magnus Marsden's evocative study of the Chitral region challenges all these stereotypes. His exploration contributes much to understanding religion and politics within and beyond the Muslim societies of southern Asia.

Book details

List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/19/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 6.26" wide x 8.03" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of maps


Acknowledgments


Note on transliteration


Glossary of Khowar words used in text



Introduction



Rowshan: Chitral village life



Emotions upside down: affection and Islam in present day Rowshan



The play of the mind: debating village Muslims



Mahfils and musicians: new Muslims in Markaz



Scholars and scoundrels: Rowshan's amulet-making ulama



To eat or not to eat? Ismai'lis and Sunnis in Rowshan



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index