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Afghanistan's Islam : From Conversion to the Taliban / ed. by Nile Green.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (354 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520967373
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.09581 23
LOC classification:
  • BP63.A54 A39 2017
  • BP63.A54 A34 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction Afghanistan's Islam -- Part One. From Conversions to Institutions (Ca. 700-1500) -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of Islam in Afghanistan -- 2 Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire -- 3 The Rise of the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order in Timurid Herat -- Part Two. The Infrastructure of Religious Ideas (Ca. 1500-1850) -- Introduction -- 4 Earning a Living -- 5 Transporting Knowledge in the Durrani Empire -- Part Three. New States, New Discourses (Ca. 1850-1980) -- Introduction -- 6 Islam, Shari'a, and State Building under 'Abd al-Rahman Khan -- 7 Competing Views of Pashtun Tribalism, Islam, and Society in the Indo-Afghan Borderlands -- 8 Nationalism, Not Islam -- Part Four. Holy Warriors and (Im)Pious Women (1979-2014) -- Introduction -- 9 Glossy Global Leadership -- 10 Female Sainthood between Politics and Legend -- 11 When Muslims Become Feminists -- Afterword -- Notes -- Glossary of Islamic Terms -- List of Contributors -- Index
Summary: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghanistan's Islam, including such issues as the rise of Sufism, women's religiosity, state religious policies, and transnational Islamism. Looking beyond the unifying rhetoric of theology, the book reveals the disparate and contested forms of Afghanistan's Islam.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction Afghanistan's Islam -- Part One. From Conversions to Institutions (Ca. 700-1500) -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of Islam in Afghanistan -- 2 Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire -- 3 The Rise of the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order in Timurid Herat -- Part Two. The Infrastructure of Religious Ideas (Ca. 1500-1850) -- Introduction -- 4 Earning a Living -- 5 Transporting Knowledge in the Durrani Empire -- Part Three. New States, New Discourses (Ca. 1850-1980) -- Introduction -- 6 Islam, Shari'a, and State Building under 'Abd al-Rahman Khan -- 7 Competing Views of Pashtun Tribalism, Islam, and Society in the Indo-Afghan Borderlands -- 8 Nationalism, Not Islam -- Part Four. Holy Warriors and (Im)Pious Women (1979-2014) -- Introduction -- 9 Glossy Global Leadership -- 10 Female Sainthood between Politics and Legend -- 11 When Muslims Become Feminists -- Afterword -- Notes -- Glossary of Islamic Terms -- List of Contributors -- Index

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghanistan's Islam, including such issues as the rise of Sufism, women's religiosity, state religious policies, and transnational Islamism. Looking beyond the unifying rhetoric of theology, the book reveals the disparate and contested forms of Afghanistan's Islam.

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