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Informationen zum Autor Barbara Metcalf is Director of the Center for South Asian Studies and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History, both at the University of Michigan. Klappentext A compelling biography of Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani, the pre-eminent Muslim scholar and fervent campaigner for democracy and unity in India. Zusammenfassung A compelling biography of Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani, the pre-eminent Muslim scholar and fervent campaigner for democracy and unity in India. Inhaltsverzeichnis Sources and Acknowledgements Maps INTRODUCTION 1 THE ARREST OF THE "UNDESIRABLE INDIANS," 1916 Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, Deoband, and new political strategies The War and the "Silk Letter Conspiracy" 2 "THE PRISONER OF MALTA," 1916-1920 The tribunal Travel Malta Everyday routines: mutual bonds, common commitments Colonial internment as a school for anti-colonialism 3 FLASHBACK: BECOMING AN ISLAMIC SCHOLAR IN COLONIAL INDIA AND MEDINA The family Everyday life and education in Tanda The formation of an Islamic scholar The Sufi path A sectarian conflict India, 1909-1911 and 1913 Maulana Husain Ahmad at thirty-five 4 BECOMING A "NATIONALIST MUSLIM": INDIA IN THE 1920s Bombay, the Khilafat Movement, and political awakening The Shaikhul Hind, Maulana Madani, and non-cooperation The double strand of activism: the "Karachi Seven" and Islamic renewal Calcutta and Sylhet Principal of Deoband Mass politics, minority politics 5 WHO SPEAKS FOR MUSLIMS? THE CHALLENGES OF THE 1930s Maulana Madani's character Non-cooperation and round tables Izhar-i Haqiqat, "A Declaration of Truth" The elections of 1936 Defending "Composite Nationalism" Differences: against the 'ulama, among the 'ulama The Shi'a-Sunni dispute in Lucknow Transitions 6 "THE GLORIOUS WARRIOR": AGAINST BRITAIN, AGAINST PARTITION A voice crying in the wilderness? Words as weapons: anti-colonialism, Muslim freedom fighters, sacred India Protesting and negotiating throughout the war Dividing India Partition CONCLUSION: INDIAN INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONTINUING JIHAD A final story In conclusion Bibliography Index ...
