Ist der Islam wissenschaftsfeindlich? Hat sich im Islam eine eigene Moderne und Wissenschaft entwickelt? Kann die islamische Wissenschaft Fehlentwicklungen der Moderne vermeiden oder ihr sogar als Vorbild dienen? Das Verhältnis des Islams zu Moderne und Wissenschaft wurde um 19…
"Analyses the narrative function of Khārijism in 9th- and 10th-century Islamic historiography. The first book-length literary study of Khārijism. Sheds new light on the creation of historical memory in early Islamic historiography. Emphasises the importance of literary approache…
La jaquette indique: The question of how Islam arrived in India remains markedly contentious in South Asian politics. Standard accounts center on the Umayyad Caliphate's incursions into Sind and littoral western India in the eighth century CE. In this telling, Muslims were a for…
How did Islam come to India? Why is this question of such great significance to formations of political thought in South Asia? This book examines the longue dureé history--from the early thirteenth century to the twenty-first--of a particular text, Chachnama, written in Uch Shar…
How did Islam come to India? Why is this question of such great significance to formations of political thought in South Asia? This book examines the longue dureé history--from the early thirteenth century to the twenty-first--of a particular text, Chachnama, written in Uch Shar…
How did Islam come to India? Why is this question of such great significance to formations of political thought in South Asia? This book examines the longue dureé history--from the early thirteenth century to the twenty-first--of a particular text, Chachnama, written in Uch Shar…
How did Islam come to India? Why is this question of such great significance to formations of political thought in South Asia? This book examines the longue dureé history--from the early thirteenth century to the twenty-first--of a particular text, Chachnama, written in Uch Shar…
This volume provides new insights into the transmission of the textual sources of Islam and combines this with the dynamics of thesescriptures by paying close attention to how believers interpret and apply them.