Muslim becoming : aspiration and skepticism in Pakistan /

Khan, Naveeda Ahmed, 1969-

Muslim becoming : aspiration and skepticism in Pakistan / Naveeda Khan. - Durham : New Delhi : Duke University Press ; Orient Blackswan, c2012. - xii, 261 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-249) and index.

Scenes of Muslim aspiration : neighborhood mosques and their qabza -- A possible genealogy of aspiration : Muhammad Iqbal in his time -- Inheriting Iqbal : the law and the Ahmadi question -- The singularity of aspiration : a father, a child and a jinn -- Skepticism in public culture : from the Jahil Maulwi to Mulla-ism -- Skepticism and spiritual diagnostics : Iqbal, the Ulama and the literati -- Epilogue: becoming present.

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BP63.P2 / K485 2012

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