Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Islamic culture"

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The Limits of Tradition: Competing Logics of Authenticity in South Asian Islam

Tareen, SherAli (2012)

<p>This dissertation is a critical exploration of certain authoritative discursive traditions on the limits of Islam in 19th century North India. It investigates specific moments when prominent Indian Muslim scholars ...
Muslim Distinction: Imitation and the Anxiety of Jewish, Christian, and Other Influences

Patel, Youshaa (2012)

<p>Contrary to later Muslim tradition, the first Muslims initially looked favorably upon assimilating Jewish and Christian religious and cultural practices. As Muslim collective religious identity conjoined with political ...
A Sea of Debt: Histories of Commerce and Obligation in the Indian Ocean, c. 1850-1940

Bishara, Fahad Ahmad (2012)

<p>This dissertation is a legal history of debt and economic life in the Indian Ocean during the nineteenth and early-twentieth century. It draws on materials from Bahrain, Muscat, Bombay, Zanzibar and London to examine ...