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100			_aTroll, Christian W (ed.)
245		0	_aIslam in India: Studies and commentaries
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bVikas Publishing House
260			_c1982
300			_a231 p.
520			_aThis is the beginning of a series of volumes on Indian Islam, a subject of great significance in the Muslim world. Islam conjures up in the contemporary mind the most diverse images: a conservative, all-embracing medieval system of life, a powerful anti-colonial movement, a progressive socio- political revolutionary force and so on. A varied history over the past centuries spread out over most diverse and distant regions has given Islam in India many faces. In free India within the framework of a secular, democratic state, further developments of great significance are taking place. Islam in India thus presents a singularly important element in the mosaic of Muslim culture and religion as a whole. This series (a project of Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies, Delhi, in collaboration with renowned scholars from all over the country) aims at a scholarly presentation of distinctive religio-cultural aspects of Indo-Muslim life and thought, past and present. It hopes to mirror the various views and experiences of Muslims from the different regions of India in the hope of contributing to a greater awareness and understanding, prerequisites for harmonious living. Among the issues discussed in the present volume are: the past and present meeting of Islam and Hinduism, medieval Indian Sufism
650			_aSociology
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