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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817397203321

Autore

Kassim Husain <1939->

Titolo

Islamicate societies : a case study of Egypt and Muslim India, modernization, colonial rule, and the aftermath / / Husain Kassim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

1-283-53901-2

9786613851468

0-7391-6583-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Classificazione

REL037000HIS017000HIS026000HIS009000REL037010

Disciplina

909.09767

Soggetti

Islam - Social aspects - Egypt

Islam - Social aspects - India

India Social conditions 21st century

Egypt Social conditions 1981-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: What this study is about -- Chapter 1: The Historical Landscape of Egypt and Muslim India as Islamic Societies Prior to Colonial Rule -- Chapter 2: Shifting Identities : The 'Islamicate' Societies of Egypt, Muslim India (Pakistan), Muslims in India, and its aftermath -- Chapter 3: Ethnicity and Minorities -- Chapter 4: Transformation of Traditional Islamic Language and Literature into a Modern 'Islamicate' Literature -- Chapter 5: Legal System and Judicial Institutions of Egypt and Muslim India -- Chapter 6: Education, Educational System and Islamization Project of Knowledge -- Chapter 7: An 'Islamicate' Woman: Gender Relations and Women's Rights.

Sommario/riassunto

"The book can be used as a textbook for the courses in the Islamic Studies at the undergraduate and graduate level. The unique feature of this book, unlike other books on the subject, is that it combines and presents a complete picture of the 'Islamicate' nature of the Egyptian and Muslim Indian societies by demonstrating the changes that took place in various aspects under the impact of the West and colonial rule. The book would potentially find currency in Muslim countries,



especially in Egypt and the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent"--