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The focus of most studies on Indian indenture has been almost exclusively on Hindu religion and culture, even though an estimated seventeen percent of migrants were Muslims. This book thus fills an important gap in the indentured historiography, both to understand that past as well as to make sense of the present, when Muslim identities are unde
List of contents
1. Migration, Settlement, and Social Transformation: A Comparative Perspective 2. Islam and Muslims in South Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries: Revolt, Revivalism, and Accommodation 3. Social Transformations among Muslims in Contemporary Mauritius 4. Indian Muslims in South Africa: Historical and Contemporary perspectives, 1860-2015 5. Hindustani Muslims in Guyana – Tradition, Conflict and Change, 1838 to the Present 6. Identity and Acculturation of Trinidad Muslims: An Exploration of Contemporary Practices 7. Hindustani Muslims in Suriname: The Challenges Of Migration and Globalisation 8. The Development of Islam amongst the Javanese in Suriname 9. Islam in Fiji: Continuity, Adaptation and Change during the Indenture and Post-indenture Periods 10. Muharram in Diasporic Settings in the 21st Century
About the author
Maurits S. Hassankhan is Head of the History Department of the Faculty of Humanities at Anton de Kom University of Suriname.
Goolam Vahed is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Lomarsh Roopnarine is Associate Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Studies at Jackson State University, United States.
Summary
The focus of most studies on Indian indenture has been almost exclusively on Hindu religion and culture, even though an estimated seventeen percent of migrants were Muslims. This book thus fills an important gap in the indentured historiography, both to understand that past as well as to make sense of the present, when Muslim identities are unde
