Beschreibung:
Drawing on extensive fieldwork among Muslims in contemporary Nepal, this book examines the local and global factors shaping an emerging Islamic revival in a Hindu majority region of South Asia. It traces the ways that Nepal's Muslims have become active participants in the larger global movement of Sunni revivalism, and Nepal's own local politics of representation in the context of political transition to democracy and secularism.
1. Introduction 2. Fragmentary Pasts: The Historical and Social Landscape of Muslim Nepal 3. Boundaries of Purity: A Hindu Kingdom and Muslim Alterity 4. Kalo Buddhvar: Religion, Violence and Muslim Nepalis 5. Towards a Unified Voice: The National Muslim Forum and a Nascent Muslim 'Nation' 6. Islamic Revival, Tradition and Identity: The Islami Sangh Nepal 7. Epilogue: Muslims in a New Secular Nepal