1st Edition
Ahmadiyya Islam and the Muslim Diaspora Living at the End of Days
By Marzia Balzani
Copyright 2020
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is a study of the UK-based Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the context of the twentieth-century South Asian diaspora. Originating in late nineteenth-century Punjab, the Ahmadis are today a vibrant international religious movement; they are also a group that has been declared heretic by other Muslims and one that continues to face persecution in Pakistan, the country the Ahmadis made their... Read more
1 Sameness and Difference: Situating the Ahmadis; 2 Ceremonial Occasions: Repetition and Time; 3 Enchantment and the Ethic of Brotherhood: Dreams and the Charismatic Organization; 4 Asylum and the Ahmadi Diaspora; 5 Home from Home: Mosque Building and Urban Planning in a Global City
Biography
Marzia Balzani is Research Professor of Anthropology at New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
