02387oam 2200589I 450 991077968880332120230725055931.01-136-19679-X0-203-08524-81-299-45972-21-136-19680-310.4324/9780203085240 (CKB)2550000001018925(EBL)1166505(SSID)ssj0000905468(PQKBManifestationID)11545470(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000905468(PQKBWorkID)10927321(PQKB)11156758(MiAaPQ)EBC1166505(Au-PeEL)EBL1166505(CaPaEBR)ebr10684641(CaONFJC)MIL477222(OCoLC)839301785(FINmELB)ELB135214(EXLCZ)99255000000101892520180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrontiers of embedded Muslim communities in India /editor, Vinod K. JairathNew Delhi :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-65987-8 0-415-66888-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Self identity and others -- pt. II. Caste : reproduction, stratification and mobility -- pt. III. Muslim citizens.This volume approaches the study of Muslim societies through an evolutionary lens, challenging Islamic traditions, identities, communities, beliefs, practices and ideologies as static, frozen or unchangeable. It assumes that there is neither a monolithic, essential or authentic Islam, nor a homogeneous Muslim community. Similarly, there are no fixed binary oppositions such as between the ulama and sufi saints or textual and lived Islam. The overarching perspective - that there is no fixity in the meanings of Islamic symbols and that the language of Islam can be used by individuals, organizaMuslimsIndiaMuslims305.6970954Jairath Vinod K1545598MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779688803321Frontiers of embedded Muslim communities in India3800604UNINA