Across the Worlds of Islam : : Muslim Identities, Beliefs, and Practices from Asia to America / / ed. by Edward E. Curtis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Bakaari, Farah,; Blanchard, Kathryn D.,; Brill, Henry D.,; Curtis, Edward E.,; Donahue Singh, Holly,
• HerausgeberIn: Curtis, Edward E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 13 b&w illustrations

Muslim people are found all over the world. Most live outside the Middle East, from Asia to the Americas. The vast majority of contemporary Muslims are not fluent in Arabic, and speakers of languages such as Persian, Urdu, and Turkish have made essential contributions to Islamic history and culture....

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• 1 Islam and Its Others: Ambivalent Orientations Toward the Margins of Islam
• 2 Rethinking the Center: Margins and Multiplicity in Hadith Texts
• 3 Islamic Tattooing: Embodying Healing, Materializing Relationships, and Mediating Tradition
• 4 Lover’s Words Are Eternal: Alevi Ashik Poetry Beyond the Margins
• 5 On the Margins of Islamic Doctrine, at the Heart of Islamic Ethics: Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam and Black Liberation
• 6 Love and Care at the Margins of Future Generations
• 7 Writing Mongol History on the Margins: Sufi and Kinship Connectivity in the Tarikh-i Rashidi
• 8 Journey to the Teaching of Islam
• Conclusion: Let the Margins Be the Center
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Index