Format:
Online-Ressource (337 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1280576596
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9781441151278
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9781280576591
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Often described asthe soul of Islam, Sufism is one of the most interesting yet least known facetof this global religion. Sufism is the softer more inclusive and mystical formof Islam. Although militant Islamists dominate the headlines, the Sufi ideal hascaptured the imagination of many. Nowhere in the world is the handprint ofSufism more observable than South Asia, which has the largest Muslim populationof the world, but also the greatest concentration of Sufis. This book examinesactive Sufi communities in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh that shed light onthe devotion, and deviation, and desti
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: South Asian Sufis-Continuity, Complexity, and Change; Research questions; Contributors and methodology; The themes; Spiritual practice; Community bonds and social relations; Politics; Interreligious openness; Conclusion; Chapter 1 Iran's Role in Stimulating South Asian Islam; Ancient Iran-India contact; Islam's entry into India; Iranian Islam's influence and impact on Indian Islam; Conclusion
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Chapter 2 A Model of Sufi Training in the Twenty-First Century: A Case Study of the Qādiriyya in HyderabadIntroduction; The contemporary Qādirī shaikh: Spirituality and involvement in the world; Decline of the khānqāh-based model of training?; Strengthening the connection with the shaikh from afar: The tasāwwur-i shaikh; Constantly available at the subtle level; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Understanding the Philosophy of Spirituality at Shrines in Pakistan; Introduction; The bai'at; Institution of piri-mur īdi; P īri-mur īdi at Golra Sharif; Method of taking bai'at; Characteristics of mur īds
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Chapter 4 Spiritual Power and 'Threshold' Identities: The Mazārs of Sayyid Pīr Waris Shāh Abdul Latīf BhitāiIntroduction; References to the legendary history; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Du'a: Popular Culture and Powerful Blessing at The 'Urs; Poets, singers, and orators; Popular culture; The symbolic complex of blessing; The 'Urs as the organizational nexus of Sufi regional cults; Ambivalences of authority in the Barelvi movement; Chapter 6 The Sufi Center of Jhok Sharif in Sindh (Pakistan): Questioning the Ziyārat as a Social Process; Main Sufi places in South Sindh; Conclusion
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Chapter 7 When Sufi Tradition Reinvents Islamic Modernity. The Minhāj-ul Qur'ān, a Neo-Sufi Order in PakistanAn original Sufi-based reform movement; Social and political activism; A charismatic leader; A globalized Sufi cult? In the private life of an emotional community; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Making the Case for Sainthood in Modern Bangladesh: Narrative Strategies and the Presentation of Holiness in the Life of Zia ul-Haqq Maizbhandari*; Jamal Ahmad Sikder's account of Sayyid Zia ul-Haqq; The hagiography of Sayyid Muhammad Amir ul-Islam; The hagiography of Md. Ghulam Rasul
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Discussion and analysisConclusion; Chapter 9 Ahmad Sirhindī: Nationalist Hero, Good Sufi, or Bad Sufi?; Introduction; How did Ahmad Sirhindī become the national hero of Pakistan?; From villain to good Sufi: The hagiographic and academic revision of Sirhindī; Sirhindī's sociological context: ashrāf/ajlāf; Modern versus premodern notions of societal order; Exaggerated claims; Conclusion; Chapter 10 Encountering the Unholy: The Establishment of Political Parties by Sufi Masters in Modern Bangladesh*; Historical roots of Sufism in Bangladesh; Introduction of Islam in Bangladesh politics
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Sufis in politics
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9781441184740
Additional Edition:
1280576561
Additional Edition:
Print version South Asian Sufis : Devotion, Deviation and Destiny
Language:
English
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