03422oam 2200721I 450 991082443700332120230518213237.01-134-23173-31-134-23174-11-280-25427-097866102542790-203-01260-710.4324/9780203012604(CKB)1000000000255788(EBL)201340(OCoLC)505132042(SSID)ssj0000263069(PQKBManifestationID)11232592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263069(PQKBWorkID)10273451(PQKB)11566570(MiAaPQ)EBC201340(Au-PeEL)EBL201340(CaPaEBR)ebr10163495(CaONFJC)MIL25427(OCoLC)252746499(EXLCZ)99100000000025578820180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim minority in India pulpit of tears /Toby M. HowarthLondon ;New York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (236 p.)Routledge Persian and Shi'i StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-66409-8 0-415-36234-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Transliteration, translation and notes on the text; An introduction to the Shîca and the events surrounding the Battle of Karbala; 1 From Karbala to India; 2 The Shîca of Hyderabad and their mourning gatherings; 3 The description of a complete mourning gathering (including the text of Sermon 1); 4 Sermons by male 'lay' preachers; 5 Sermons by women; 6 Sermons by religious scholars; 7 What the sermons do and how they do it8 Indian Shîcî preaching as the expression of a minority Islamic religious identityAppendix I; Appendix II; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Qur'ânic passages; General indexOne of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a minority, constituting about ten to fifteen percent of the population as a whole, but comprising of about fifteen million people. Ten sermons are presented entirely and many more are quoted in order to analyze the preaching tradition in full. This book is the first survey to present the Indian mourningRoutledge Persian and Shi'i StudiesShīʻahIndiaShīʻahSermonsReligious lifeIslamShīʻahCustoms and practicesTaʻziyahShīʻahShīʻahReligious lifeIslam.ShīʻahCustoms and practices.Taʻziyah.297.8/21/0954Howarth Toby M.1611446FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910824437003321The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim minority in India3939723UNINA