LEADER 03422oam 2200721I 450 001 9910824437003321 005 20230518213237.0 010 $a1-134-23173-3 010 $a1-134-23174-1 010 $a1-280-25427-0 010 $a9786610254279 010 $a0-203-01260-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203012604 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255788 035 $a(EBL)201340 035 $a(OCoLC)505132042 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000263069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10273451 035 $a(PQKB)11566570 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201340 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201340 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10163495 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL25427 035 $a(OCoLC)252746499 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255788 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim minority in India $epulpit of tears /$fToby M. Howarth 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Persian and Shi'i Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-66409-8 311 $a0-415-36234-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and indexes. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Transliteration, translation and notes on the text; An introduction to the Shi?ca and the events surrounding the Battle of Karbala; 1 From Karbala to India; 2 The Shi?ca 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 it 327 $a8 Indian Shi?ci? preaching as the expression of a minority Islamic religious identityAppendix I; Appendix II; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Qur'a?nic passages; General index 330 $aOne of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a minority, constituting about ten to fifteen percent of the population as a whole, but comprising of about fifteen million people. Ten sermons are presented entirely and many more are quoted in order to analyze the preaching tradition in full. This book is the first survey to present the Indian mourning 410 0$aRoutledge Persian and Shi'i Studies 606 $aShi??ah$zIndia 606 $aShi??ah$vSermons 606 $aReligious life$xIslam 606 $aShi??ah$xCustoms and practices 606 $aTa?ziyah 615 0$aShi??ah 615 0$aShi??ah 615 0$aReligious life$xIslam. 615 0$aShi??ah$xCustoms and practices. 615 0$aTa?ziyah. 676 $a297.8/21/0954 700 $aHowarth$b Toby M.$01611446 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824437003321 996 $aThe Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim minority in India$93939723 997 $aUNINA