A Question of Community: Religious Groups and Colonial Law: Religious Groups & Colonial Law - Hardcover

Shodhan, Amrita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8185604436 ISBN 13: 9788185604435

Publisher: Bhatkal & Sen, 2001

Synopsis

In writing history, the story of those who succeeded is well-known. What happens to the losers? What changes can we expect when we examine the defeat of the Khojas and Pushtimargis who went to court because of internal dissent and found that they lost some of their autonomy as self-functioning polities?

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Synopsis

In writing history, the story of those who succeeded is well-known. What happens to the losers? What changes can we expect when we examine the defeat of the Khojas and Pushtimargis who went to court because of internal dissent and found that they lost some of their autonomy as self-functioning polities? Instead of being allowed to give evidence of their current belief and behaviour, as Islamic or Hindu, they were presented with interpretations of' a homogenised Islam and a homogenised Hinduism as a standard by which their religiosity was assessed. The law court in the mid-nineteenth century would decide who they were. Could any inferences be drawn on the construction of unitary religious communities of today?

Edition details

• Publisher: Bhatkal & Sen
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8185604436
• ISBN 13: 9788185604435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222