Afghanistan's Islam: From Conversion to the TalibanNile Green "This book provides the first ever overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. It covers every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval and early modern periods to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu and Uzbek, its depth and scope of coverage is unrivalled by any existing publication on Afghanistan. As well as state-sponsored religion, the chapters cover such issues as the rise of Sufism, Sharia, women's religiosity, transnational Islamism and the Taliban. Islam has been one of the most influential social and political forces in Afghan history. Providing idioms and organizations for both anti-state and anti-foreign mobilization, Islam has proven to be a vital socio-political resource in modern Afghanistan. Even as it has been deployed as the national cement of a multi-ethnic 'Emirate' and then 'Islamic Republic,' Islam has been no less a destabilizing force in dividing Afghan society. Yet despite the universal scholarly recognition of the centrality of Islam to Afghan history, its developmental trajectories have received relatively little sustained attention outside monographs and essays devoted to particular moments or movements. To help develop a more comprehensive, comparative and developmental picture of Afghanistan's Islam from the eighth century to the present, this edited volume brings together specialists on different periods, regions and languages. Each chapter forms a case study 'snapshot' of the Islamic beliefs, practices, institutions and authorities of a particular time and place in Afghanistan"--Provided by publishe |
Contents
A History and Its Scholarship | 1 |
Sufi tombs inside a Kabul khanaqah | 14 |
Wooden prayer board from Nuristan | 28 |
PART ONE FROM CONVERSIONS TO INSTITUTIONS CA 7001500 | 39 |
19 | 45 |
Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire | 56 |
Timurid mosque and shrine Torbati Jam 1913 | 63 |
Timurid stucco decoration in khanaqah Torbati Jam 1913 | 69 |
PART THREE new states new discoursES CA 18501979 | 127 |
Portrait of the amir Abd alRahman Khan | 130 |
Cover of Ahmad Jan Khan Alkuzai Asas alQuzzat Fundamentals | 141 |
Competing Views of Pashtun Tribalism Islam and Society | 145 |
The Awaken Youth Party | 163 |
PART FOUR HOLY WARRIORS AND IMPIOUS WOMEN 19792014 | 187 |
Khanayi Aman Islam | 225 |
Afterword | 243 |
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