LEADER 02387oam 2200589I 450 001 9910779688803321 005 20230725055931.0 010 $a1-136-19679-X 010 $a0-203-08524-8 010 $a1-299-45972-2 010 $a1-136-19680-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203085240 035 $a(CKB)2550000001018925 035 $a(EBL)1166505 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000905468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11545470 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000905468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10927321 035 $a(PQKB)11156758 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1166505 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1166505 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10684641 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL477222 035 $a(OCoLC)839301785 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135214 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001018925 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFrontiers of embedded Muslim communities in India /$feditor, Vinod K. Jairath 210 1$aNew Delhi :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-65987-8 311 $a0-415-66888-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. I. Self identity and others -- pt. II. Caste : reproduction, stratification and mobility -- pt. III. Muslim citizens. 330 $aThis 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, organiza 606 $aMuslims$zIndia 615 0$aMuslims 676 $a305.6970954 701 $aJairath$b Vinod K$01545598 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779688803321 996 $aFrontiers of embedded Muslim communities in India$93800604 997 $aUNINA