Muslims did rule India for a long, admits Misra (politics, Queen's U., Belfast), but then so did the British, and the British do not seem to attract the same degree of resentment among many Hindus tha
Ahmadi Muslims are in a minority wherever they live. They are strongly committed to supernatural revelation and governance by the divine. They maintain exacting standards of authority, family life, an
The pioneering essays collected in this volume bring critical new perspectives to the interdisciplinary study of racial, national, and religious identities. The authors demonstrate that one cannot stu
Is Scotland a sectarian society?Scotland is divided not by religion as much as by arguments about the enduring importance of religious divisions. The 'curse' of Sectarianism is debated in the Parliame
Eight country reports revised from presentations to a November 2001 conference hosted by the European Consortium of Church and State Research in Vienna, provide a range of legal perspectives on the ro
This, the first volume from the Muslims in the American Public Square research project, gives theoretical and demographic portraits of Muslims in the American civil landscape.
This book tells the story of how Catholic and Protestant Indians have attempted to locate themselves within the evolving Indian nation. Ironically, British rule in India did not privilege Christians,
The growing Islamic populations of Europe have prompted concerns over the integration of Muslim immigrants into Western European society. Pauly (Midlands Technical College/Norwich U., UK) explores the
Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of co
Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in 1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of co
Bulgaria is a Slavic nation, Orthodox in faith but with a sizable Muslim minority. That minority is divided into various ethnic groups, including the most numerically significant Turks and the so-call
What's it like to be a Muslim living in the West today? And how different is it to the experiences of Muslims who lived in Western countries many generations ago? Recent events have given these quest
A reassessment of conventional South Asian historiography from a subaltern perspective and a unique look at how conceptions of history and community clash. This incisive study explores the Meo communi
Reassessing conventional South Asian historiography from a subaltern perspective,Against History, Against State examines how conceptions of history and memory clash. For nearly a millennium, the Meos
Social scientists sketch the main characteristics of European Islam, primarily as it has developed since the late 1950s when immigrants began arriving in Europe in greater numbers from Islamic countri
A Dutch journalist and historian living in Israel, Diggele explores what she has come to believe is a culture war in Israel between religious and secular Jews. The original Volk dat alleen woont was p
American scholars of South Asian culture, religion, and art argue that in medieval and early-modern India, identifications were marked by relationships that shifted fluidly, rather than following the
As the United States wages war on terrorism, the country's attention is riveted on the Muslim world as never before. While many cursory press accounts dealing with Muslims in the United States have be
Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom. But following September 11, 2001 American openness to immigrants and openness to ot
