Feb 28
Muslim Grassroots Leaders and Popular Preachers in South Asia
Table of Contents
Foreword
Peter Mandaville
Media-Based Preachers and the Creation of New Muslim Publics in Pakistan
Mumtaz Ahmad
Muslim Grassroots Leaders in India: National Issues and Local Leadership
Dietrich Reetz
Religious Figures, Insurgency, and Jihad in Southern Afghanistan
Thomas H. Johnson
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Mumtaz Ahmad, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Vice President (Academic Affairs)
International Islamic University, Islamabad
The topic of my presentation is to reflect on The Role of Religious Leaders in the Modern World. Before I share with this learned audience my submissions, it seems relevant to define and narrow down the scope of at least two key concepts in the title assigned to me. These are “religious leaders” and the “modern world.” This conceptual clarity will enable me to stay focused on my topic and raise some issues around today’s talk.
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Feb 27
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EDITED BY
Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby
A study conducted by
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Islamic Fundamentalism in South Asia:
The Jamaat-i-Islami and the Tablighi Jamaat of South Asia
Mumtaz Ahmad
By Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad
Professor of Political Science
Vice President (Academic Affairs)
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Mumtazahmad5@hotmail.com
“They was all Moslems, Tom said, and when I asked him what a Moslem was, he said it was a person that wasn’t a Presbyterian. So there is plenty of them in Missouri, though I didn’t know it before.” Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad.
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