Imperial Muslims : Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937

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Imperial Muslims Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937

Explores the social consequences of Britain's creation of an Indian Ocean empire that brought millions of Muslim subjects under a single political umbrella for the first time in the modern era.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Reese, Scott Steven, author (author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2017 [2018]
Subjects:	1800-1999 Social change. Religious communities. Muslims. British colonies. Social change > Indian Ocean Region > History > 20th century. Religious communities > Indian Ocean Region > History > 19th century. Muslims > Indian Ocean Region > History > 19th century. Indian Ocean Region. Great Britain > Colonies. History. Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422307006719

Table of Contents:

Introduction : a community of Muslims
Hanuman's tunnel : collapsing the space between Hind and Arabia in the Arab imaginary
Aden, the Company and Indian Ocean interests
Claims to community : mosques, cemeteries and the universe
"The Qadi is not a judge" : the Qadi's courts, community and authority
"An innocent amusement" : marginality, spirit possession and the moral community
Scripturalism, Sufism and the limits of defining public religiosity.