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Muslims in India Since 1947: Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations
Author(s): Yoginder Sikand (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 5 Feb. 2004
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780415314862
- ISBN-13: 9780415314862
Book Description
Muslims in India today are responding to the challenge of religious pluralism in a variety of ways. This book explores the attempts being made by scholar-activists and Muslim organisations to develop new understandings of Islam to relate to people of other faiths and to the modern nation-state, and to deal with issues such as democracy and secularism. It examines how a common predicament, characterised by a sense of siege and the perception of being an oppressed minority, is producing new expressions of Islam, some of which seek to relate to non-Muslims in terms of confrontation, and others which call for dialogue, reconciliation and inter-faith harmony.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This book is a “must” read for studies and research about inter-religious dialogue and relations between Muslims and Hindus in India.’ – The Muslim World Book Review, 26:I, 2005
About the Author
Yoginder Sikand is presently based at the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden, The Netherlands as a post-doctoral research scholar. He is the editor of web-magazine www.islaminterfaith.org which is devoted to discussion of issues related to Muslims in South Asia.
