How have the dominant histories of the Indian subcontinent been constructed and how do they deal with the subject of Muslims and Dalits? This work explores a wide range of issues across history, including Gandhi's attempt to rethink political relations between Hindus and Muslims.
"The social, religious and linguistic history of medieval Sicily is both intriguing and complex. For several centuries prior to the Muslim invasion of 827, the Christian islanders had spoken dialects of either Latin or Greek. On the arrival of the 'Normans' around 1060, Arabic w…
Moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future, the possible obstacles to the development of communalism, and the forces that exist on the Left which might be brought into alliance to halt the march of chauvinism.
Moving beyond purely theoretical considerations, he assesses India's political future, the possible obstacles to the development of communalism, and the forces that exist on the Left which might be brought into alliance to halt the march of chauvinism.
A textual analysis of the story of Muhammad's prophetic emergence in Mecca as documented by early Islamic tradition. The author seeks not to judge the historical value of the events described but, rather, to observe their textual dynamics and examine the traditions as a reflecti…
"This book highlights the achievements of the All India Muslim Educational Conference, an organ of the Aligarh Movement launched by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1886." "The objective of the Conference was to foster new thinking among the Muslims of India in the context of a colonial s…
"This book highlights the achievements of the All India Muslim Educational Conference, an organ of the Aligarh Movement launched by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1886. The objective of the Conference was to foster new thinking among the Muslims of India in the context of a colonial sta…
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Contributed articles.
Until quite recently, Western scholars have tended to accept the Chinese representation of non-Han groups as marginalized minorities. Dru C. Gladney challenges this simplistic view, arguing instead that the very oppositions of majority and minority, primitive and modern, are his…
Veiled, secluded, submissive, oppressed--the "odalisque" image has held sway over Western representations of Muslim women since the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Yet during medieval and Renaissance times, European writers portrayed Muslim women in exactly the opposite…
