Muhammad Moj

The Deoband Madrassah Movement (eBook, ePUB)

Countercultural Trends and Tendencies

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative book analyses the growth of Deobandi Islam, a religious sect whose followers include extremist groups such as the Taliban, through the frame of a counterculture in conflict with mainstream Muslim society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783084463
• Artikelnr.: 44366929

Autorenporträt

Muhammad Moj is a research fellow at the University of Western Australia. He has served as a civil servant for the government of Pakistan for more than 15 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue
1. Deoband Madrassah Movement: Research Context
2. Origin of the DMM: Seeds of a Counterculture
3. DMM in United India: Activist Countercultural Trends
4. DMM in Pakistan: Countercultural Politics and Extremism
5. Deobandi Islam: Countering the Folk Islam and Popular Custom
6. DMM versus Mainstream Society: Viewpoint of Deobandi Journals and Students
Epilogue
Appendices
Glossary of Islamic Terms
References
Index