BORN A MUSLIM: Some Truths About Islam in India

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BORN A MUSLIM: Some Truths About Islam in India
Hardcover – 1 March 2021
by Ghazala Wahab (Author)

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BORN A MUSLIM: Some Truths About Islam in India

Hardcover – 1 March 2021

by Ghazala Wahab

  • Publisher : Aleph Book Company (1 March 2021); Rupa Publications India
  • Language : English
  • Hardcover – 1 March 2021 : 408 pages
  • ISBN-10 : ?9390652162
  • ISBN-13 : 978-9390652167
  • Weight : 580 g
  • Dimensions : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm

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ISBN-10: 9390652162
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Who are the Indian Muslims?

Are they a monolithic community practicing a faith alien to India? Or are they a diverse people, geographically rooted in the cultural ethos of the land? Is there an ‘Indian Islam’, a religion that grew out of Arabia but was nurtured in India and influenced by local traditions and customs? Has the power of Islam declined over the centuries because the faithful have forgotten the spirit of the religion, and are sticking to dogma and rigid rules instead? Born a Muslim: Some Truths about Islam in India attempts to answer these questions by taking a hard look at how the world’s second largest religion is practiced in the country.

The book tracks the history of the religion from its revelation in Arabia in the seventh century to its spread through many parts of the world. It arrived in India by multiple routes—in the south, in the eighth and ninth centuries CE, with traders from Arabia, and in the north, in the tenth and eleventh centuries, with invaders, rulers, and mystics, largely from Central Asia. Once it was established in India, it morphed and evolved through the centuries until it took on the distinctive contours of the religion that is practiced here at present.

The author takes a clear-eyed look at every aspect of Islam in India today. She examines the factors that have stalled the socio-economic and intellectual growth of Indian Muslims and attributes both internal factors—such as a disproportionate reliance on the ulema—as well as external ones that have contributed to the backwardness of the community. She shows at length, and with great empathy and understanding, what it is like to live as a Muslim in India and offers suggestions on how their lot might be improved. Weaving together personal memoir, history, reportage, scholarship, and interviews with a wide variety of people, the author highlights how an apathetic and sometimes hostile government attitude and prejudice at all levels of society have contributed to Muslim vulnerability and insecurity.

Born a Muslim goes beyond stereotypes and news headlines to present an extraordinarily compelling and illuminating portrait of one of the largest and most diverse communities in India.
 

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Weight 0.58 kg
Dimensions 4.7 × 20.3 × 25.4 cm

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