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DA'WA AND OTHER RELIGIONS
INDIAN MUSLIMS AND THE MODERN RESURGENCE OF GLOBAL ISLAMIC ACTIVISM

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1351681699

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9781351681698

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

18 August, 2017

Series:

Islamic Studies Series

Pages:

336

Synopsis:

Da`wa, a concept rooted in the scriptural and classical tradition of Islam, has been dramatically re-appropriated in modern times across the Muslim world. Championed by a variety of actors in diverse contexts, da`wa -"inviting" to Islam, or Islamic missionary activity - has become central to the vocabulary of contemporary Islamic activism.Da`wa and Other Religions explores the modern resurgence of da`wa through the lens of inter-religious relations and within the two horizons of Islamic history and modernity. Part I provides an account of da`wa from the Qur'an to the present. It demonstrates the close relationship that has existed between da`wa and inter-religious relations throughout Islamic history and sheds light on the diversity of da`wa over time. The book also argues that Muslim communities in colonial and post-colonial India shed light on these themes with particular clarity. Part II, therefore, analyzes and juxtaposes two prominent da`wa organizations to emerge from the Indian subcontinent in the past century: the Tablighi Jama`at and the Islamic Research Foundation of Zakir Naik. By investigating the formative histories and inter-religious discourses of these movements, Part II elucidates the influential roles Indian Muslims have played in modern da`wa.This book makes important contributions to the study of da`wa in general and to the study of the Tablighi Jama`at, one of the world's largest da`wa movements. It also provides the first major scholarly study of Zakir Naik and the Islamic Research Foundation. Further, it challenges common assumptions and enriches our understanding of modern Islam. It will have a broad appeal for students and scholars of Islamic Studies, Indian religious history and anyone interested in da`wa and inter-religious relations throughout Islamic history.

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Routledge

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