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The Twelver Shî c a as a Muslim
Minority in India
The Twelver Shî c a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears looks at the
minority identity of India’s Shî c î Muslims through the sermons preached at their
mourning gatherings. Mourning commemorations are held by millions of Shî c î
Muslims across the world to remember the death of Imâm Husayn, the grandson
of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala.
This book uses these mourning sermons as a window into understanding
the identity of India’s Shî c as in a context of extraordinary cultural and religious
plurality. This book includes:
An examination of the community’s history and devotional life
Ten translated and complete sermons from a cross-section of the community,
including men, women, lay preachers and formally trained scholars
An investigation of the subjects contained within these sermons which range
from women’s rights to the significance of fire walking and stories of
miraculous healing.
From an analysis of these issues, The Twelver Shî c a as a Muslim Minority in
India: Pulpit of Tears offers a unique opportunity to hear and understand how one
Muslim minority community understands its place and the multi-religious world
of today. This book is essential reading for those with research interests in Islamic
studies, Shî c îsm and Indian Islam.
Toby M. Howarth is currently working as an Anglican Parish Priest in a largely
Muslim area of Birmingham. A graduate of Yale University, Birmingham
University and the Free University of Amsterdam, he has studied and worked in
Oxford, Uganda, Egypt, Jerusalem, India and the Netherlands. He speaks and
writes widely in the field of Muslim–Christian relations.
Routledge Persian and Shî c î Studies Series
Series editor: Andrew J. Newman
University of Edinburgh
Editorial Board
Dr Robert Gleave
Department of Religious Studies, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Dr Marco Salati
Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Venice, Italy
Dr Kazuo Morimoto
Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr Maria Szuppe
CNRS, Paris, France
Mr Rasul Ja’fariyan
Library of Iranian and Islamic History, Qum, Iran
Dr Mansur Sefatgul
Department of History, University of Tehran, Iran
The Twelver Shî c a as a Muslim Minority in India
Pulpit of tears
Toby M. Howarth
The Twelver Shî c a as a
Muslim Minority in India
Pulpit of tears
Toby M. Howarth
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First published 2005
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
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© 2005 Toby M. Howarth
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic,
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invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any
information storage or retrieval system, without permission in
writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
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ISBN 0-203-01260-7 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0–415–36234–2
(Print Edition)
To the Shî c a of Hyderabad

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