The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India

The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India
Author: Toby Howarth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2005-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134231741
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One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a minority, constituting about ten to fifteen percent of the population as a whole, but comprising of about fifteen million people. Ten sermons are presented entirely and many more are quoted in order to analyze the preaching tradition in full. This book is the first survey to present the Indian mourning gathering and explain the history of this extraordinary phenomenon.

The Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in Karnataka, India

The Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in Karnataka, India
Author: Aqeel Abbas
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2020-06-28
Genre:
ISBN:
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The main aim of the book is to trace the adverb of Shias in Karnataka, the role of Shia Muslims and their contribution to political, social, religious and cultural areas including language, literature, art and architecture. This book is going to help not only to know about our history (past), findings (present) but also it is going to guide (recommendation) for building the quality future of our community.

The Shi'a of India

The Shi'a of India
Author: John Norman Hollister
Publisher:
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1979
Genre: Islam
ISBN:
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Illustrations: 1 B/w illustration Description: J.N. Hollister's The Shi'a of India is a comprehensive study of the rise of Shi'ism, its coming to India, its role in the spread of Islam and its adjustments with Hinduism. The first cleavage in Islam occurred immediately after the passing away of the prophet. Efforts to path up the Schism, though successful initially, resulted ultimately in the division of Muslims into Shias and Sunnis. The animosity generated then continues even now to plague these two. The reasons for this persisting hostility is made clear in this book by the accounts of the personalities of the Prophet, 'Ali-the first Imam and his successors. The doctrines of the Shias are compared with those of the Sunnis to give a clear exposition of the religion of the Shias-Ithna' Ashariya. The history of the Shias from the time of their reaching this country till now along with a wealth of details regarding their rites, festivals, places of pilgrimage and celebration of Muharram to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husain at Kerbala are given. This is followed by a similar treatment to the branches of Shi'ism-Fatimids, Bohras and Khojas. The scholars who were hampered for want of a book on Shias will find this book a mine of information on the subject.

Shi'a Islam in Colonial India

Shi'a Islam in Colonial India
Author: Justin Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139501232
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Interest in Shi'a Islam has increased greatly in recent years, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. Focusing on the influential Shi'a minority of Lucknow and the United Provinces, a region that was largely under Shi'a rule until 1856, this book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. Drawing on a range of new sources, including religious writing, polemical literature and clerical biography, it assesses seminal developments including the growth of Shi'a religious activism, madrasa education, missionary activity, ritual innovation and the politicization of the Shi'a community. As a consequence of these significant religious and social transformations, a Shi'a sectarian identity developed that existed in separation from rather than in interaction with its Sunni counterparts. In this way the painful birth of modern sectarianism was initiated, the consequences of which are very much alive in South Asia today.

The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India

The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India
Author: Toby Howarth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2005-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134231733
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One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a minority, constituting about ten to fifteen percent of the population as a whole, but comprising of about fifteen million people. Ten sermons are presented entirely and many more are quoted in order to analyze the preaching tradition in full. This book is the first survey to present the Indian mourning gathering and explain the history of this extraordinary phenomenon.

Shi'a Islam in Asia

Shi'a Islam in Asia
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230531670
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Shi'a Islam in Afghanistan, Shi'a Islam in Bangladesh, Shi'a Islam in India, Shi'a Islam in Pakistan, Hazara people, Islam in Iran, Shia Family Law, Shi'a Islam in Lebanon, Sectarian violence in Pakistan, Shi'a Islam in Iraq, Turi, Shi'a Islam in Saudi Arabia, Hussainia, Bara Imambara, Azakhana Wazeer-un-Nisa, Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan, Hoseni Dalan, Jawadia Arabic College, Sibte Hasan, Maulana Syed Mohammad Al-Husaini, Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab, Tehrik-e-Jafria, Syed Bande Ali Al-Husaini, Shi'a Islam in Uzbekistan, Shi'a in Kuwait, Fateh Daud, Shias of Padhrar, Jamia-e-Imania, Shi'a Islam in Tajikistan, Mominpura Graveyard, Lahore, Khafif, Shi'a Islam in Singapore, Pasban-e-Aza, Thokar Niaz Beg, Shi'a Islam in Kuwait, Shia Masjid. Excerpt: Shia Muslims are a large minority among India's Muslims. However, there has been no particular census conducted in India with regards to sects, but Indian sources like Times of India and DNA reported Indian Shiite population in mid 2005-2006 between 25% to 31% of entire Muslim population of India which accounts them in numbers between 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 of 157,000,000 Indian Muslim population. However, as per an estimation of one reputed Shiite NGO Alimaan Trust, India's Shia population in early 2000 was around 30 million with Sayyids comprising just over half of the entire Shia population. According to some national and international sources Indian Shia population is the world's second-largest after Iran, Shiite population was also acclaimed publicly as second largest by the 14th Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh quoted in the year 2005. One of the lingering problems in estimating the Shia population is that unless the Shia form a significant minority in a Muslim country, the entire population is often listed as Sunni. For example, the 1926 rise of the House of Saud...

The Shias of Pakistan

The Shias of Pakistan
Author: Andreas Rieck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190240962
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As sectarian violence spirals alarmingly in Pakistan the need for a rigorous history of its Shia population is met by Rieck's definitive account.

Shiʻa Islam in Colonial India

Shiʻa Islam in Colonial India
Author: Justin Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012
Genre: Islam and politics
ISBN: 9781139113212
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"This book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward Independence in 1947"--