Living Islam : Muslim religious experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier /

What does it mean to be a good Muslim? Magnus Marsden challenges the assumption that Muslims in northern Pakistan unthinkingly support the teachings of radical Islamist movements. In this extraordinary insider account, he documents how Chitral Muslims practise their religion through a complex intera...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marsden, Magnus
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Cambridge books online.
Subjects:
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Manners and customs
Islam
Religiöses Leben
ChitrÕal District (Pakistan) > Social life and customs.
ChitrÕal District (Pakistan) > Religious life and customs.
Chitrāl District (Pakistan) > Social life and customs.
Chitrāl (Pākistan : District) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Chitrāl (Pākistan : District) > Vie religieuse.
Pakistan > Chitrāl District
Chitral > Region
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Rowshan: Chitral village life
  • 3. Emotions upside-down: affection and Islam in present day Rowshan
  • 4. The play of the mind: debating village Muslims
  • 5. Mahfils and musicians: new Muslims in Markaz
  • 6. Scholars and scoundrels: Rowshan's amulet making ulama
  • 7. To eat or not to eat? Ismai'lis and Sunnis in Rowshan
  • 8. Conclusion.

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