Understanding the Bengal Muslims Interpretative Essays

Name: Understanding the Bengal Muslims Interpretative Essays
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ISBN: 9780195655209

ISBN-10: 0195655206

ISBN-13: 9780195655209

Edition: 2001

Authors: Rafiuddin Ahmed

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This book explores what it means to be a Muslim in the context of Bengal. It covers the medieval period to the beginning of our times. The essays cover issues such as conversion and Islamization, structure of social and political authority, revivalism and pan-Islamism, radical-humanist thought, secularism and fundamentalism, and the changing role of women.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/26/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Barbara Daly Metcalf is Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History and Director of the Center of South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan. Rafiuddin Ahmed is Matsumiya Professor of Asian Studies, Elmira College, and Adjunct Professor of History, Cornell University. Mushirul Hasan is Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi



Notes on Contributors


Introduction: The Emergence of the Bengal Muslims




Who are the Bengal Muslims? Conversion and Islamization in Bengal




Islam and Vaishnavism in the Environment of Rural Bengal




Islam and the Social Construction of the Bangladesh Countryside




The Bengal Muslims and the World of Islam: Pan-Islamic Trends in Colonial Bengal as Reflected in the Press




A Muslim Voice in Modern Bengali Literature: Mir Mosharraf Hosain




The Changing World of Bengali Muslim Women: The 'Dreams' and Efforts of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein




Radicalism in Bengali Muslim Thought: Kazi Abdul Wadud and the 'Religion of Creativity'




The Bengali Muslims and the State: Secularism or Humanity for Bengladesh?




Gender and Islam in Bangladesh: Metaphor and Myth




Bengali Muslims and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Jama't-i-Islami in Bangladesh



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