Format:
1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780755643974
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9780755643967
Series Statement:
Library of Islamic South Asia
Content:
"The history of Islam in Kashmir has been dominated by the sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shii Muslims. When Muslim rule ended in 1820, Sikh and later Hindu Dogra Rulers gained power, but the country was still largely influenced by Sunni religious orthodoxy. This book traces the impact of Sunni power on Shii society and how this changed during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book identifies a distinctive Kashmiri Shii Islam established during this period. Hakim Sameer Hamdani argues that the Shii communitý€Ös religious and cultural identity was fostered through practices associated with the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his family in Karbala, as well as other rituals of Islam, in particular, the construction and furore surrounding Marak, the historic imambara (a Shia house for mourning of the Imam) of Kashmir's Shiis. The book examines its destruction, the ensuing Shii-Sunni riot, and the reasons for the Shii community's internal divisions and rifts at a time when they actually saw the strong consolidation of their identity. The first study dedicated to Shia Islam in Kashmir, the book also sheds light on the emergence of the more ecumenical Muslim outlook we see in Kashmir today."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1: Not Quite Taqiyya: Kashmiri Shii at the Start of 19th Century -- Chapter 2: Shii, Identity, Sunni Space and Hindu Rule -- Chapter 3: Vocalizing a Community: Mourning, Marak and Marsiya -- Chapter 4: Dissensions within the Mumineen: Challenging the Elite -- Chapter 5: The Muslim Community and the Hindu Rulers: Moving Towards a Unified Muslim Identity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780755643943
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780755643936
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9780755643974
