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Afghanistan’s Islam: From Conversion to the Taliban

By Nile Green

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2017
ISBN
0520294130, 9780520294134
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13279606 bytes)
Pages
xvi+335\355
Topic
History
Time added
2019-12-17 08:30:40

Description

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghanistan’s Islam, including such issues as the rise of Sufism, women’s religiosity, state religious policies, and transnational Islamism. Looking beyond the unifying rhetoric of theology, the book reveals the disparate and contested forms of Afghanistan’s Islam.

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