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oapen-20.500.12657-319432021-11-04T14:07:38Z Afghanistan’s Islam: From Conversion to the Taliban Green, Nile islam muslims afghanistan Herat Naqshbandi Pashtuns Sufism Timurid dynasty bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghanistan’s Islam, including such issues as the rise of Sufism, women’s religiosity, state religious policies, and transnational Islamism. Looking beyond the unifying rhetoric of theology, the book reveals the disparate and contested forms of Afghanistan’s Islam. 2016-12-21 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:53:48Z 2020-04-01T13:53:48Z 2016 book 621501 OCN: 970393949 9780520967373 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31943 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 621501.pdf https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.23 University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.23 10.1525/luminos.23 72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b 9780520967373 354 Oakland, California open access
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This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghanistan’s Islam, including such issues as the rise of Sufism, women’s religiosity, state religious policies, and transnational Islamism. Looking beyond the unifying rhetoric of theology, the book reveals the disparate and contested forms of Afghanistan’s Islam.
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