1st Edition

Muslims in India Since 1947 Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations

By Yoginder Sikand Copyright 2004
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Muslims in India today are responding to the challenge of religious pluralism in a variety of ways. This book explores the attempts being made by scholar-activists and Muslim organisations to develop new understandings of Islam to relate to people of other faiths and to the modern nation-state, and to deal with issues such as democracy and secularism. It examines how a common predicament,... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Asghar 'Ali Engineer 's Quest for a Contextual Islamic Theology  3. Islam and the Muslim Minority Predicament: Reflections on the Contributions of Sayyed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi  4. Peace, Dialogue and Da'wah: An Analysis of the Writings of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan  5. Islamic Voice's Agenda for the Muslims of India  6. An Islamist Approach to Inter-Faith Dialogue: The Jama'at-i Islami of India  7. Islamic Perspectives on Liberation and Dialogue: Muslim Writings in Dalit Voice  8. The 'Dalit Muslims' and the All-India Backward Muslim Morcha  9. Islam and the Dalit Quest for Liberation in Contemporary India  10. 'Now or Never!': The Inter-Faith Dialogue Project of Acharya Maulana Shams Naved 'Usmani  11. The Deendar Anjuman: Between Dialogue and Conflict  12. Islamist Activism in Contemporary India: The Students' Islamic Movement of India  13. Kashmir: From National Liberation to Islamist Jihad?  14. Glossary  15. References

Biography

Yoginder Sikand is presently based at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden, The Netherlands as a post-doctoral research scholar. He is the editor of web-magazine www.islaminterfaith.org which is devoted to discussion of issues related to Muslims in South Asia.

'This book is a "must" read for studies and research about inter-religious dialogue and relations between Muslims and Hindus in India.' - The Muslim World Book Review, 26:I, 2005