ISBN: 9780773527379

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: MCGILL QUEENS UNIV PR], Reveals how this traditional society deals with conflicts arising from contact with the non-Ahmadi Following on the work he began in Conscie… Mehr…

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: MCGILL QUEENS UNIV PR], Reveals how this traditional society deals with conflicts arising from contact with the non-Ahmadi Following on the work he began in Conscience and Coercion: Ahmadi Muslims and Orthodoxy in Pakistan, Antonio Gualtieri returned to Pakistan to continue his conversations with devotees of the Ahmadi community. He reveals how this traditional society deals with conflicts arising from contact with the non-Ahmadi and shows how the Ahmadi survive in a country that is generally hostile to them. Dedicated to supernatural revelation and the divine governance of society, Pakistan's Ahmadi community has endured mob violence and penal sanctions for refusing to embrace the beliefs of the Sunni majority. They disagree with fundamentalist ideas of exclusiveness and consider themselves a reformed version of Islam. Although they have adopted Enlightenment ideas about the pursuit of scientific knowledge and produced a notable number of technicians, doctors, and scientists, women continue to live under a strict definition of purdah and the community remains conservative. The Ahmadis reveals a society strictly grounded in divinely prescribed patterns - including parental authority, close family ties, a disposition towards gender-specific roles, and separation of the sexes - but at odds with fanatical Muslim fundamentalism, whose wrath has spread beyond the Ahmadi minority to include the West. "This book is original, intriguing, and illuminating. Gualtieri's strength lies in the freshness of his description of contemporary Ahmadi life. He succeeds in communicating his appreciation of the Ahmadi as a people enduring persecution but persevering courageously. To make a community come alive in the reader's mind is a measure of successful writing and Gualtieri does this very well." Sheila McDonough, professor emeritus, Concordia University 200 pages, 16 black & white photographs - 228mm x 154mm Versandfertig in 2-4 Wochen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

ISBN: 9780773527379

Hardback, [PU: McGill-Queen's University Press], Reveals how the traditional society of Ahmadis deal with conflicts arising from contact with the non-Ahmadis. This book shows how the Ahma… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: McGill-Queen's University Press], Reveals how the traditional society of Ahmadis deal with conflicts arising from contact with the non-Ahmadis. This book shows how the Ahmadi survive in a country that is generally hostile to them., Islamic Studies<

2004, ISBN: 9780773527379

Community, Gender, and Politics in a Muslim Society, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: McGill-Queen's University Press], McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004

2004, ISBN: 9780773527379

Hardcover, Buch, [PU: McGill-Queen's University Press]