Barbara D. Metcalf

Husain Ahmad Madani: The Jihad for Islam and India's Freedom

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Produktbeschreibung

Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani (1879 - 1957) was a political activist, Islamic scholar, and supporter of Gandhi during the struggle for India's independence. Humane and fiercely dedicated, he campaigned for inter-religious peace. Spanning a lifetime of campaigning and controversy, Metcalf's compelling biography draws from Madani's letters and autobiographies. An intimate and revealing account of one of the most important men in the history of modern Islam.

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A compelling biography of Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani, the pre-eminent Muslim scholar and fervent campaigner for democracy and unity in India.

Produktdetails

• Makers of the Muslim World
• Verlag: ONEWorld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781851685790
• ISBN-10: 1851685790
• Artikelnr.: 23600909

Autorenporträt

Barbara Metcalf is Director of the Center for South Asian Studies and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History, both at the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Sources and Acknowledgements Maps   INTRODUCTION   1 THE ARREST OF THE
UNDESIRABLE INDIANS,
1916 Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, Deoband, and new political strategies The War and the
Silk Letter Conspiracy
  2
THE PRISONER OF MALTA,
1916
1920 The tribunal Travel Malta Everyday routines: mutual bonds, common commitments Colonial internment as a school for anti-colonialism   3 FLASHBACK: BECOMING AN ISLAMIC SCHOLAR IN COLONIAL INDIA AND MEDINA The family Everyday life and education in Tanda The formation of an Islamic scholar The Sufi path A sectarian conflict India, 1909
1911 and 1913 Maulana Husain Ahmad at thirty-five   4 BECOMING A
NATIONALIST MUSLIM
: INDIA IN THE 1920s Bombay, the Khilafat Movement, and political awakening The Shaikhul Hind, Maulana Madani, and non-cooperation The double strand of activism: the
Karachi Seven
and Islamic renewal Calcutta and Sylhet Principal of Deoband Mass politics, minority politics   5 WHO SPEAKS FOR MUSLIMS? THE CHALLENGES OF THE 1930s Maulana Madani
s character Non-cooperation and round tables Izhar-i Haqiqat,
A Declaration of Truth
The elections of 1936 Defending
Composite Nationalism
Differences: against the `ulama, among the `ulama The Shi`äSunni dispute in Lucknow Transitions   6
THE GLORIOUS WARRIOR
: AGAINST BRITAIN, AGAINST PARTITION A voice crying in the wilderness? Words as weapons: anti-colonialism, Muslim freedom fighters, sacred India Protesting and negotiating throughout the war Dividing India Partition   CONCLUSION: INDIAN INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONTINUING JIHAD A final story In conclusion   Bibliography Index