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100 _a"Aquil, Raziuddin"
245 0 _aIn the name of Allah
260 _aNew Delhi
260 _bViking
260 _c2009
300 _a289 p.
365 _b 499.00
365 _dRS
520 _aThe history of Islam in India has resulted in impassioned debates between scholars-from the secularists to the Hindu rights . Arguing that these histories tend to project modern concerns hack in time, Using texts from the medieval and carlv modern periods, 'Aquil uncovers connections between a variety of factorss-the religious orthodoxv or the nalma Muslim rulers' attempts to deal with: competing religious ideologies; the influence of Sufi traditions; the emergence of Sikh ism and its tenuous relationship with Islam; and the development of Urdu as language of the people. Situating his arguments in the context of contemporary n politics involving Hindus and Muslims, Islam and the West, and the long, term struggles within Muslim societies between reason and faith, .Aquil contends that some of the issues explored here have come clown to us from medieval times while others have been transformed completely into concerns that are purely modern in origin.
650 _aIslam-India
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