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Imperial Muslims: Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937

Imperial Muslims: Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937

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IslamGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0748697659
ISBN13: 9780748697656
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Nov 3 2017
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

The webs, nodes and networks created by Britain's Indian Ocean Empire during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are here explored in the context of their personal and social impact. Using the British Settlement of Aden as its focus, the book examines the development of a local community within the spaces created by imperial rule. It explores how individuals from widely disparate backgrounds brought together by the networks of empire created a cohesive community utilizing the one commonality at their disposal: their faith. Specifically, it examines how religious institutions and spiritual ideas served as parameters for the creation of community and the kinds of symbolic and cultural capital an individual needed to attain communal membership and influence within the confines of imperial rule.

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